B and T Cells and Cytokines Flashcards

1
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how do cells communicate?

A

cell-cell contact, signalling via receptors - ligand interactions between membranes of different cells e.g MHC and TcR

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what are cytokines?

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  • small polypeptides

- released by cells in response to activating stimulus

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3
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what 3 behaviours can cytokines exhibit?

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autocrine: effects on cell that secretes it
paracrine: effects on adjacent cells
endocrine: effects on distant cells

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4
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what are chemokines?

A
a class of cytokine that has chemoattractant properties:
- induces cells to migrate towards source
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5
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what are interleukins?

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cytokines secretes by leucocytes

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what are the two main groups of chemokines?

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  • CC (binds ro CCR1-9)

- CXC (binds to CXCR1-5)

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what does IL-8 do?

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chemotactic factor that recruits neutrophils and T cells to site of infection

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what does IL-2 do?

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  • activates T cells -

- induces self proliferation

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what does IL-4 do?

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  • activates B cells

- switches them to produce IgE, therefore important in allergy

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what does IFN-γ do?

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  • activates strong cell mediated responses
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what does TNF-α do?

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  • activates vascular endothelium and increases vascular permeability
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12
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by what process do neutrophils access infection sites?

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diapedesis

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what are the steps for a neutrophils entering infection sites?

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  1. rolling adhesion
  2. tight binding
  3. diapedesis
  4. migration
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upon release, what does TNF-α trigger, and what can it induce?

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  • triggers local protection

- can induces systemic shock

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15
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name the two types of CD4 T cells?

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Th1 - produce cell mediated immunity

Th2 - produce antibody responses

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16
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what are dendritic cells (DC)?

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professional antigen presenting cells that sits at the interface between innate and adaptive immune response

17
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what are functions/features of dendritic cells?

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  • found in most surface epithelia
  • highly phagocytic
  • upon stimulation, cease phagocytosis and migrate to lymph nodes
18
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what are other names dendritic cells are known by?

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  • langerhans cells in skin
  • interdigitating cells
  • follicular dendritic cells (FDC)
  • veiled cells when migrating in circulation
19
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what do DC cells in lymph nodes do?

A
  • activate T cells

- influence B cells

20
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what are features of FDCs?

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  • can hold on to antigen for extended periods
  • antigen in form of antigen-antibody -complement complexes
  • complexes do not appear to undergo internalisation
21
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what do DC express?

A

pattern recognition receptors (PRR)