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Adaptive Immunity 2 Flashcards

1
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Where do B cells mature?

A

bone marrow

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2
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Where do B cells circulate and where are they found in large amounts

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circulate in blood and lymph
found in lymphoid organs

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3
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How do B cells identify antigens?

A

B cell receptor (BCR)

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4
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What are BCRs usually?

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antibodies
IgM and IgD

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5
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What quality in BCR allows identification of multiple antigens?

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diversity

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6
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What are the 5 classes of immunoglobulins/antibodies?

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IgG, IgE, IgD, IgM and IgA

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7
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What is the most prominent antibody in the body, where is it found and what is its role?

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IgG
blood and bodily fluids
responsible for resistance against viruses, bacteria and bacterial toxins
IgG triggers phagocytosis to initiate opsonization reaction (complement cascade)

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8
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What is the role of IgE?

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attaches to mast cells and basophils causing them to release histamine

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9
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What is the role of IgD?

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on the surface of B cells where it binds to antigens

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10
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What is the role of IgM?

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capable of binding multiple antigens
first class of antibody secreted after antigen is encountered
primary barrier against pathogens
declines as IgG accelerates

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11
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What is the role of IgA and where is it found?

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attack pathogens before they enter internal tissues
found in secretions of saliva, sweat, mucus, urinary tract, semen, digestive tract

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12
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What differs in B cell receptor structure to T cells?

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B cell receptors do not have alpha and beta chains
instead light and heavy chains

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13
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What is each developmental B cell stage defined by?

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rearrangement of light and heavy chains

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14
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What genes does heavy chain rearrange?

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Variable
Diversity
Joining

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15
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What genes does light chain rearrange?

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Variable
Joining

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16
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What is the usual receptor for immature B cells?

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IgM

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17
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What are the receptors for mature B cells?

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IgM
IgD

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18
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What do B cells undergo before release?

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negative selection in bone marrow

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19
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What will happen to B cells which do not pass negative selection?

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engulfed by macrophages

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20
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What are the 3 main functions of antibodies?

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Neutralisation
Opsonization
Initiation of complement

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21
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What is neutralisation?

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attach to toxins or viruses and then inactivate them

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22
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What is opsonisation?

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coating of pathogens by antibodies or complement proteins

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23
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What are the processes that opsonisation can trigger?

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Phagocytosis
Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)
Mast cell degranulation

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24
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What complement pathway are antibodies able to activate?

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classic

25
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What is ADCC?

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antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity

target cell or microbe is coated with antibodies and killed by certain types of white blood cells (NK cell).

26
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What antibodies initiate complement?

A

IgG and IgM

27
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How can B cells be activated and where?

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Antigens which require T cell help are called Thymus-dependent antigens
Antigens which don’t are called Thymus-independent antigens

lymph nodes

28
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Where is a 2nd signal required for activation and what is it?

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A 2nd signal required in (dependant antigen) is the co-stimulatory molecules on T helper cells and cytokines

29
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What are the receptors that bind between T cells and BCR that activate it?

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CD40 to CD40L

30
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Describe B cell activation (dependant)

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(1) the engagement of the T cell receptor with the MHC molecule on the surface of B cells that is presenting the pathogen antigen, and
(2) co-stimulatory signals provided by CD40 ligand on the surface of the T cells and CD40L receptor on the surface of the B cells.

IL 4,5,6 help proliferate plasma
Generates a pool of plasma cells which produce antibody
Also generates memory B cells
Plasma cells initially produce IgM before undergoing ‘class switching’ to IgG

31
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Describe B cell activation (independant)

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Certain antigens such as bacterial LPS can activate B cells directly
Cells differentiate into plasma cell and produce IgM however antibody response is weaker than T cell dependent B cell activation
Thymus independent B cell activation does not lead to the generation of memory B cells (no long-term immunity)

32
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Why does class switching occur?

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IgM response too weak therefore cells switch to IgG

33
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What increases through increased exposure?

A

antigen affinity in antibody

34
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What is avidity?

A

ability of antibodies to form complexes

35
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What is valency?

A

amount of antigen binding sites

36
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What antibodies have high affinity but low avidity?

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IgG, IgA and IgE has high affinity but low avidity

37
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What antibody has high avidity but low affinity?

A

IgM

38
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What are all antibodies?

A

multivalent

39
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What is the valency of IgM?

A

decavalent

40
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What is the valency of IgA?

A

bivalent

41
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What antibody forms dimers after secretions?

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IgA

42
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What are subgroups of IgG?

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IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4

43
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What is IgE involved in?

A

allergy

44
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What does antigen exposure lead to?

A

immunological memory

45
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What is the basic principle of vaccination?

A

cells that are primed to produce a more effective IgG (rather than IgM) response immediately as the secondary response is much more specific

46
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What is immune tolerance?

A

Sometimes the immune system can become unresponsive to a particular antigen or set of antigens

47
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Where does immune tolerance occur?

A

in B and T cells

48
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What are the 2 types of immune tolerance and where do they occur?

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Central – in the primary lymphoid organs (the thymus and bone-marrow)
Peripheral – occurs out with thymus and bone marrow

49
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What are immunogens and what are tolerogens?

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Immunogens are antigens that elicit immune responses

Tolerogens are antigens induce a unresponsive state

50
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What are the two types of selection for T cells?

A

negative
positive

51
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What is selection in thymus and bone marrow an example of?

A

central tolerance

52
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What prevents activation of non-eliminated self-reactive T cells?

A

peripheral tolerance

53
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What is anergy

A

no response to antigens

54
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In peripheral tolerance what does signal 1 but not signal 2 result in?

A

anergy.

55
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In peripheral tolerance what does signal 1 and signal 2 but no signal 3 result in?

A

deletion by apoptosis

56
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Where does peripheral tolerance occur?

A

secondary lymphoid organs

57
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What happens to self-reactive B cells?

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self reactive B cells do not receive T cell help and therefore become anergic

58
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What can breach of tolerance cause?

A

auto immune or allergy

59
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T cell and B cell interactions occur in the _____ of the lymph node.

A

germinal centre

Immunity and Pathology 1 (13 decks)

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