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1
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What is immunologically acted on in Graves’ disease?

A

TSH receptors in thyroid

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What is immunologically acted on in type 1 diabetes?

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Beta islet cells of the pancreas

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What are some examples of autoimmune diseases of HLA B27-associated apondyloarthropathies?

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Reactive arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis
Urethritis
Iritis

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What is systemic lupus erythematosus characterised by?

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Autoantibodies binding to nuclear antigens

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What is autoimmunity?

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Failure of regulatory controls to attacking host components

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What is immune tolerance?

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Knowing what to attack/what not to attack

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What is central tolerance?

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Destruction of self-reacting T or B cells before they enter circulation

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What happens in central tolerance ?

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Immature B cells in bone marrow encounters antigen in a form which can cross-link their IgM, triggering apoptosis

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What is peripheral tolerance?

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Destruction or control of any self-reactive T or B cell which do not enter circulation

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What are the types of peripheral tolerance?

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Ignorance
Anergy
Regulation

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When does ignorant peripheral tolerance happen?

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Antigen present in too low a concentration to reach the threshold for T cell receptor trigger

Immunologically privileged sites means there are T cells but they cant get to the sites

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What causes anergic peripheral tolerance?

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Naive T cell seeing its MHC without appropriate costimulatory protein

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What is Anergy?

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Naive T cells need costimulation to become activated

If they dont, they’re less likely to be stimulated in future even if costimulation is present

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14
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Which cells inhibit T cells?

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Treg cells

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15
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Which disease has defective treg cells been observed in?

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Multiple sclerosis

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How does treg regulation happen?

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Expresses transcription factor FOXP3

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17
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What conditions does a mutation in FOXP3 lead to?

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Fatal autoimmune disorder
Immune disregulation
Polyendocrinopathy
Eneropathy X-linked syndrome

18
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What does autoimmune regulator (AIRE) do?

A

A specialised transcription factor that allows thymic expression of genes that are expressed in peripheral tissues

19
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How does AIRE promote self-tolerance?

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Allowing the thymic expression of genes from other tissues

20
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Which autoimmune conditions are more likely in females?

A

Lupus

MS

21
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Which autoimmune conditions are more common in males?

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Ankylosis spondylitis

22
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Which autoimmune condition is equally common in women and men?

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Diabetes

23
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What is the hygiene hypothesis of autoimmune disease?

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Exposure to different pathogens may lead to expression/non-expression of a disease

24
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What might trigger a breakdown of self tolerance?

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Loss of/problem with regulatory cells
Release of sequestered antigen
Modification of self
Molecular mimicry

25
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How does modification of self take place?

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Citrullination

26
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What is citrulline?

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An amino acid not coded by DNA

27
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What may citrullination be increased by?

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Inflammation

28
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What is an example of molecular mimicry?

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Rheumatic fever

29
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What is rheumatic fever triggered by?

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Infection with streptococcus pyrogen

30
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How does Graves’ disease happen?

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Autoantibodies bind TSH receptor and stimulate it, causing hyperthyroidism

31
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How can Graves’ disease be transferred?

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IgG antibodies

32
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What causes myasthenia gravis?

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Autoantibodies binding to ACh receptors that block the binding ability of ACh

33
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How are immune complexes in SLE and vasculitis formed and what do they cause?

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Autoantibodies to soluble antigens form immune complexes
Deposited in tissue
Can lead to activation of complement and phagocytic cells

34
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Which autoimmune diseases can be transferred across the placenta?

A

IgG mediated ones

35
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What is the autoimmune pathology of T cells?

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Direct killing by CD8+ CTL
Self-destruction induced by cytokines such as TNFalpha
Recruitment and activation of macrophages leading to bystander tissue destruction
CD4 cells providing help for Ab and cytotoxicity

36
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What do TH17 cells produce?

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Cytokine IL-17

37
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What do TH17 produce?

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Cytokines involved in the recruitment, migration and activation of immune cells

38
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What anti-inflammatories are used in autoimmune treatment?

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NSAIDs and corticosteroids

39
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What theraputic strategies are used to treat T and B cell depletion?

A

Anti-CD4

Anti-CD20

40
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What are examples of theraputic antibodies?

A

Anti-TNF

Anti-VLA-4

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