Adaptive Immunity Flashcards
adaptive immunity: characteristics (2)
- disease/antigen specific
- memory
adaptive immunity: what processes are involved (3)
- clonal selection
- clonal expansion
- results in amplification of immune response
adaptive immunity: speed (2)
- initially slow
- more rapid in later stages
adaptive immunity: types (2)
- humoral
- cellular
cell-mediated immunity responses
- T cells attack infected body cells that display antigen of pathogens on surface
humoral immunity
- B cells produce antibodies after activation by soluble antigens
adaptive immunity: cell types (3)
- B cells
- T cells
- antigen presenting cells (APCs)
antigen presenting cells (3)
- dendritic cells
- macrophages
- B cells
how does the adaptive immune system achieve diversity
- millions of B and T cells with unique receptors for recognizing antigens
B cell receptors (2)
- surface IgM
- surface IgD
what do B cell receptors recognize
- soluble antigens
what do T cell receptors recognize
- peptide antigen in conjunction with major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
clonal selection
- expansion of a single B or T cell after its receptor is engaged
clonal selection: result (2)
- development of specific effector cells
- development of memory cells
clonal selection: specific effector cells (3)
- plasma cells that produce antibodies
- cytotoxic T cells (CD8+)
- helper T cells (CD4+)
clonal selection: memory cells (2)
- activated more easily and quicker
- long-lived
antigen presentation: pathogen/large protein taken up by APC (5)
- once in the cytosol, the bacterial proteins will be degraded by proteasome to produce peptides
- peptides transported to the lumen of the ER via TAP transporter
- peptides associate with MHC class I
- complex transported to cell surface
- complex now interacts with T cell receptor (TCR) on CD8+ cells
antigen presentation: what is used to transport peptides to the ER lumen
- TAP transporter
antigen presentation: soluble antigen taken up by APC (5)
- antigen in endosome is trafficked to the lysosome
- proteins are degraded in the lysosome
- vesicles containing peptide will fuse with vesicles containing MHC Class II
- complex traffics to cell membrane
- complex engages with TCR on CD4+ T cells