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Adaptive Immunity: T cells Flashcards

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MHC class \_\_\_ expressed on all nucleated cells 
Activates \_\_\_ T cells --> eliminate \_\_\_\_ pathogens
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Class 1
CD8+
Intracellular pathogens

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Calnexin

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Binds to alpha chains of MHC class 1 in ER until Beta 2

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Calreticulin, ERp57

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chaperone proteins that bind to MHC class 1 in ER after calnexin releases it

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TAP complex

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Translocate peptide to ER for MHC class 1 loading
Binds to MHC by tapasin
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US6 and ICP47

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Inhibition of MHC class 1 Expression:
block antigen presentation by preventing peptide movement through TAP peptide transporter
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E19

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Inhibition of MHC class 1 Expression:
compete and inhibit peptide loading onto MHC class 1 proteins
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mK3

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Inhibition of MHC class 1 Expression:
mark MHC class 1 for degradation through ubiquitin
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MHC class \_\_\_ expressed on APC 
Activates \_\_\_ T cells --> eliminate \_\_\_\_ pathogens
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Class 2
CD4+
extracellular

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HLA-DM

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Binds to MHC to release CLIP fragment –> antigen peptide binds to MHC

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Bare Lymphocyte Disorder Type 2

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Defect in one of the transcription factors needed for MHC class II expression --> reduced number of activated CD4 T cells
Death by 10 y/o due to severe infection
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Bare Lymphocyte Disorder Type 1

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Defect in expression of TAP1, TAP2 or Tapasin –> Don’t activate CD8+ T cells
Sensitivity t bacterial and parasitic infections later in life
Can use NK cells to fight viral infection but not efficient

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DC licensing

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dendritic cels need to be activated by CD4 T cells to cross present

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Cross presentation

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Dendritic cells:
Present extracellular ligands on MHC class I
Present intracellular ligands on MHC class II
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MHC class 1 gene loci

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HLA A, B, C

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MHC class 2 gene loci

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DP, DQ, DR

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MHC class 3 gene loci code for ____

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complement factors, cytokines

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What stage does lineage bias occur for T cell development?

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DN1

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What stage does commitment to T cell during development occur?

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DN2

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When does beta chain rearrangement occur in T cell development?

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DN3

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When does alpha chain rearrangement occur in T cell development?

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Double positive

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Notch1

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Cell surface receptor that determines T cell or B cell fate

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TCR alpha chain gene

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multiple copies of V and J regions + 1 copy of constant region –> V+J+ 1 constant

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TCR beta chain gene

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multiple copies of V, D and J regions + 2 copies of constant region –> V+D+1 constant

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Recombination signal sequence (RSS)

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TCR variable region rearrangment:

Surrounds each V, D and J region

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12/23 Rule

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Spacing of 23 and 12 bp of RSS

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RAG1 and RAG2

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TCR variable region rearrangment:

enzymes that recognize RSS sequence –> catalyze cleavage of RSS –> form closed DNA hairpin loop

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Ku70/Ku80 proteins

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Joining of cleaved DNA during TCR recombination:

Bind coding joint and signal joint

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DNA ligase IV:XRCC4

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Joining of cleaved DNA during TCR recombination:

Recruited by Ku70/Ku80 –> ligate DNA ends

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DNA-PK and artemis

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Joining of cleaved DNA during TCR recombination:

Recruited by Ku70/Ku80 –> open hairpin loop –> then released

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TdT

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Joining of cleaved DNA during TCR recombination:

Recruited by Ku70/Ku80 –> adds random basepairs to coding joint –> then released

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Combinatorial diversity

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V, D and J regions randomly recombined

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Junctional diversity

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V, D and J regions are recombined using random number of nucleotides

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Immature T cell leukemia

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Inappropriate expression of pre-TCR alpha chain

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CDR1 and CDR2

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Complementarity Determining Regions in variable region
Interact w/ MHC –> don’t want too much variation
Genomically encoded by V regions

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CDR3

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Complementarity Determining Regions in variable region
Interact w/ peptide –> needs a lot of variation
Encoded by recombination of V, D and J

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CD4 binds _____

CD4 expressed on ____

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MHC Class II

T helper cells

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CD8 binds _____

CD8 expressed on _____

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MHC Class I

Cytotoxic T cells

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CD4 and CD8 interact w/ ______ region on MHC

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ITAMs

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Immune-tyrosine based activation motifs

On CD3 gamma, delta, epsilon, TCR zeta chains of TCR

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Lck

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Kinase that phosphorylates tyrosine on ITAMs on TCR –> initiates intracellular signaling
Dragged to TCR site of binding by CD4

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ZAP-70

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Recruited to phosphorylated ITAMs

Gets phosphorylated by Lck –> activated ZAP-70 phosphorylates adaptor protein LAT

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PLC-gamma

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Phospholipase C that cleaves phosphatidyl inositol 4,5 phosphate into DAG and IP3

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Diacylglycerol (DAG)

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second messenger that activates PKC –> transcription

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Inositol 1,4,5 phosphate (IP3)

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Second messenger –> signal Ca++ influx

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SLP-76

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Binds LAT –> recruit tyrosine kinase ITK –> phosphorylates PLC-gamma 1

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Phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase (PI3K)

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phosphorylates PI on 3rd position –> forms PIP3 –> binds to proteins w/ pleckstrin homology domains

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Akt

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Serine/threonine kinase activated by PI3K –> regulates T cell survival

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Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF)

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Recruited to LAT –> stimulate G proteins –> induce kinase cascade –> –> induced transcription factors

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Ras/MAP kinase pathway

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Ex kinase cascade

Activated LAT –> recruit GEF –> stimulate Ras –> induce Raf –> activate MEK –> ErK –> –> transcription factors

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Calmodulin

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activated by Ca2+ influx activated by PLC-gamma –> activate phosphatase calcineurin –> dephosphorylates NFAT –> activated NFAT –> translocate to nucleus

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Calcineurin

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target for large class of immunosuppressant
Activates NFAT in T cells --> transcription factor
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IKK complex

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Classical pathway: DAG activates PKC –> activates IKK complex –> phosphorylates inhibitory protein I-kB –> degraded by proteasome –> release NF-kB –> translocate to nucleus –> gene transcription

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p100

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Alternative pathway: Activation of IKK –> phosphorylation and partial degradation of p100 –> formation of p52 –> facilitate translocation of RelB to nucleus –> gene transcription

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Vav1

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Recruited by LAT –> VAV1 –> Rac/CDC42 and WASp –> activates Arp2/3 complex –> regulate actin branching for formation of phyllopodia and lamellipodia in T cells

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WASp

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Activates Arp2/3 complex

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Arp2/3 complex

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regulate actin branching for formation of phyllopodia and lamellipodia in T cells

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CD62L

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High expression of CD62L on HEV epithelial cells causes T cells to go to lymph node

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Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P) Receptor

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Expressed on T cells, made consistently on T cells
Activated when high conc. of S1P in blood bind –> cause T cells to move to lymph node –> S1P degraded
High expression when in lymph, low expression when in blood

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CCR7

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Drives maturation of DC
Expressed on DC when it recognizes a pathogen –> follows gradient of CCL19 and CCL21 –> migrate to lymphatics to T cells –> becomes mature DC –> activates T-cell

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CCL19 and CCL21

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Gradient produced at T cell zone by stromal cells that DC follow to activate T cells

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B7-1 and B7-2 ( CD80, CD86)

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Expressed on mature APC. Ligand for CD28 expressed on naive CD4 and CD8 T cells

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CD28

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Always expressed on CD4 and CD8 T cells. Receptor for B7-1 and B7-2 on mature APC.
Necessary for activating naive T cells

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CD40L (CD56)

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Expressed on T cells when co-activation of TCR and CD28 occurs –> Activate CD40 on APC –> increase ligands for second wave of costimulatory receptors

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IL-2

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Principle cytokine that drives differentiation and expansion of T-cells

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CD69

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Promotes S1P receptor degradation
Upregulated after T cell activation
Binds to S1P receptor w/o activation –> keep T cell in lymph

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TNF and IL-1

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Made by activated tissue macrophages and mast cells –> activate endothelium to express E/P selectins, chemoines, ICAM –> attract T cell to site of infection

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VLA4

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Expressed by activated T cells –> adhesion, trasmigration, migration of T cell to site of infection

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TH1 cell

Produce _____ to activate ____ transcription factor, which produces _____ which activates _____

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Respond to intracellular pathogens
IL-12, IFN gamma 
T-bet 
IFN gamma, TNF
macrophage activation, inflammation
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TH2 cell

Produce _____ to activate ____ transcription factor, which produces _____ which activates _____

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Respond to mucosal surface pathogens and big things
IL-4
GATA3
IL4, 5, 13
allergic and helmith response
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TH17 cell

Produce _____ to activate ____ transcription factor, which produces _____ which activates _____

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Respond to extracellular small things (bacteria)
IL-6, TGF-beta
ROR gamma t
IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-22
inflammation, neutrophil activation
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IL-4

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Produced by TH2 CD4 T cell
B cells switch to IgG and IgE
Alternative activation of macrophages

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IL-13

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Produced by TH2 CD4 T cell

Promotes mucus secretion and peristalsis

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IL-5

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Produced by TH2 CD4 T cell
Activate eosinophiles and B cell class switching to IgA subtypes
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IL10 + IL-4

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Produced by TH2 CD4 T cell

Activate macrophage

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IL-17

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Produced by TH17 CD4 T cell

Recruits/activates neutrophils, enhances production of epithelial cell to produce anti-microbial peptides

76
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IL-22

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Produced by TH17 CD4 T cell

Induces keratinocytes to produce antimicrobial agents, promote epidermal hyperplasia

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IL-21

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stimulate activation of CD8 T cells , B cell class switching, NK and NK T cell differentiation, CXCL8 release from APCs

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CCL20

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Produced by TH17 CD4 T cell

regulates recruitment of TH17 cells to inflamed tissues

79
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Fas/FasL

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Mediated cell killing

CD8 T cells express Fas ligand –> activate Fas receptor on target cell –> apoptosis of target cell

80
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TNF alpha

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Enhance target cell killing

Activate macrophages

81
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Cytokines released by CD8 T cells

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IFN gamma, TNF alpha, chemokines

82
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Hyper IgE Syndrome (HIES)

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Caused by mutations in STAT3, DCK8, Tyk2

Without STAT 3 –> tries to use TH2 response –> doesn’t work

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STAT3

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Drives TH17 response

84
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Autosomal dominant HIES

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Mutation in STAT3
Facial deformity
Dental problems: don’t lose baby teeth

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Autosomal recessive HIES

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Mutation in DOCK8 or Tyk2
Severe viral infections and allergic symptoms
No dental or facial issues

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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

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Mutation in perforin or proteins needed for granule release
Can’t clear viral infections –> continuous inflammation –> cytokine storm disease
Similar to Bare Lymphocyte Disease but can’t even use NK cells to clear infection

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Cortical epithelial cells

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In cortex of thymus
Produces metabolite factors
Express MHC 1 and 2 –> start of + and - selection

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Medullary thymic epithelial cells

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Can express almost every protein made in the body

Source of self peptides that are used in self testing of T cells

89
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AIRE

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transcriptional chromatin regulator
Removes suppressed gene expression –> allows for promiscuous expression of proteins in medullary thymic epithelial cells

90
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List the immunologically privileged organs

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Brain
Eye
Testies
Uterus

91
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CTLA-4

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Inhibit CD28 binding to B7 ligands
Expressed by regulatory T cells when it’s time to contract
Binds to B7 w/ higher affinity that CD28

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PD-1

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Phosphotase (dephosphorylates)
Suppress signaling induced by TCR and costimulatory receptors
Upregulated in TCR and CD28-stimulated T cells
Pd-1 ligands expressed on DC and cell types during inflammation

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FOXP3

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Expressed in regulatory T cells
Controls differentiation and function of regulatory T cells
Epigenetic regulator

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CD25

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On regulatory T cells that binds IL-2 to inhibit T cell differentiation

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