9. Immunodeficiencies Flashcards

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What causes primary immunodeficiency diseases?

What is the heredity?

A

Recessive mutations in a single gene

Often X Linked, sometimes autosomal

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What is SCID?

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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

A defect in the progenitors for both T and B cells.

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What cytokine stimulates differentiation into the early lymphoid lineage?

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IL-7

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Production of what three products is necessary to move from Pro-B cell into the Pre-B cell stage?

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RAG1, RAG2

Artemis

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What is necessary to move from Pre-B cells to immature B Cells?

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BTK

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Why do B Cell defects manifest sx later than T Cell defects?

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Because the child is still receiving maternal antibodies while their T Cells are developing.

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How is SCID classified?

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Since T Cell function is always impared in SCID, the classification is based on whether or not B Cell function is also impared.

Also may have NK cells absent if, say, IL7 is absent

(B lyphocyte + / B lymphocyte -)

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What do you typically see in kids with infections, that you don’t see in kids with SCID who have infections?

A

Lymphadenopathy

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What is the most common inheritance pattern and phenotype for SCID?

What is the name of this disease?

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X Linked Recessive (~50%)

T- B+ NK- phenotype

Common γ Chain Deficiency

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What is the mutation in the most common form of SCID?

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Mutation in the common IL receptor gamma chain.

ILRγ

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What is the phenotype of JAK3 deficiency SCID?

What is JAK3 responsible for?

A

T- B+ NK-

IL-2 receptor signaling

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What other form of SCID does JAK3 deficiency resemble and why?

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X linked / Common γ Chain Deficiency SCID

Because JAK3 is a tyrosine kinase that associates with the common γ chain of the IL2 receptor, so when it’s deficient, it’s as if the γ chain itself is deficient.

(Even has the same phenotype)

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What happens in purine salvage pathway / Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency (ADA) SCID?

What is the phenotype?

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Purine salvage pathway doesn’t work, so we have accumulation of toxic metabolites in all cells.

T- B- NK-

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What happens in RAG1/RAG2 SCID?

What is the phenotype?

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RAG1 / RAG2 is deficient, so immunoglobulin rearrangement cannot occur. As a result we see absent T and B cell function, but not NK cell function, because it doesn’t use RAG. Can’t get past the Pro- stage.

T- B- NK+

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What is another name for X Linked Agammaglobulinemia?

What happens?

A

Bruton’s Syndrome

BTK doesn’t develop and the B Cell cannot pass the pre-B cell stage and are stuck there.

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What is the most common immunodeficiency in the world?

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Selective IgA deficiency

17
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What compensates for a lack of IgA in selective IgA deficiency, and is therefore present in higher than normal amounts?

A

IgM

It too can enter the mucosa.

18
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What kind of infection is more likely in patients with IgA deficiency?

A

Respiratory (especially sinus) infections

Pyogenic bacterial infections

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What is the main issue pts face in Digeorge Syndrome?

A

The embryonic pouch that forms the Thymus, Thyroid, and Heart doesn’t develop properly. Thus pts have issues with Thymic hypoplasia / aplasia, hypoparathyroidism, and cardiac malformation.

20
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Why do pts with Digeorge Syndrome have infections so soon after birth?

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They cannot educate T Cells, and don’t have a reservoir from the mother to use as one might for a humoral immunodeficiency.

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What happens in X-Linked Hyper IgM syndrome?

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Patients lack CD40L or AID, and as a result, no isotype switching is possible. As a result you see an increase in IgM, but low IgA, IgG, and IgE.

Virtually no response to T Dependent antigens

Pts have a high incidence of pyogenic bacteria.

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What is the general affect of the Common Variable Immunodeficiency collection of disorders?

A

B cell maturation defects leading to hypogammaglobulinemia.

B Cells fail to become plasma cells

Thus, serum IgG, IgA, and IgM levels are low, but B Cell levels are normal

We see generalized lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly

23
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What happens in Wiskott Aldrich syndrome?

What is the “Clinical Triad”?

A

WASp (Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein) is defective, leading to a defect in the immune synapse. This affects macrophages (encapsulated organisms) and CD8+ T Cells (viruses)

Eczema, thrombocytopenia (platelet dysfunction generally), and immune deficiency.

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What is the phenotype for Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome?

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What are the two classes of Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome, and what causes them?
HLA Class I Deficiency Defect in TAP HLA Class II Deficiency Defect in HLA Class II itself
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What genus of bacteria especially takes advantage of complement deficiency?
Neisseria (eg. Meningitidis)
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What virus especially takes advantage of natural killer cell deficiency?
Herpes Simplex
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What cell is identified by CD27+?
Memory B Cells
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Why might CVID patients have a higher incidence of autoimmune disorders? What type of Cancers are more common in CVID patients?
They are predisposed to presenting autoantibodies. 300x increased risk of **lymphomas** 50x increased risk of **gastric cancer**
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What is the most common genetic defect in CVID patients?
TACI, which reacts with BAF (B Cell Activating Factor)