B cell development 2 Flashcards

1
Q

When are the RAG proteins first expressed during B cell development, and what is occuring at this time?

A

At the pro-b stage, when the heavy chain loci are rearranging

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2
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Why is there a gap in the expression of the RAG proteins?

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It is in the proliferative stage, when no rearrangements are occuring

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3
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What are the two times the RAG proteins are expressed?

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When the heavy and light chain loci are rearranging

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4
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When is TDT highly expressed?

A

When the heavy chain loci are being rearranged

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5
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When is N nucleotides more common, VDJ recombination or VJ recombination?

A

VDJ

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6
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Why is CDR3 the most variable part of the antibody?

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It is part of the heavy chain, which has N nucleotides

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7
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What proportion of immature B-cells have affinity for self antigens

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70-75%

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8
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What happens to B cells that react with a self antigen in the bone marrow?

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It is kept in the bone marrow

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9
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What happens to the B cell that is kept in the bone marrow?

A

The B cell can re-rearrange its light chain loci

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10
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What is receptor editing?

A

A B cell re-rearranging its light chain loci

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11
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When are B cells that have undergone receptor editing allowed to leave the bone marrow?

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When they rearrange their light chain loci so they dont recognise self antigens

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12
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What do immature B cells express once they leave the bone marrow?

A

IgM and IgD

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13
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Conditions for B cells to become activated?

A

Bind to antigen in the right conditions (2nd lymphoid tissues)
Internalise the antigen
Present the antigen to t cells that recognise that antigen

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14
Q

How many cells per day start the process of B cell development?

A

2.5 billionq

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15
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How many immature B cells leave the bone marrow?

A

30 billion

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16
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What do immature B cells compete with for access to 2ndary lymphoid tissue?

A

Mature B cells that have previously hd survival signals

17
Q

Half life of immature b cells w/o 2ndary lymphoid tissue access?

18
Q

How long to B cells with survival signals last?

A

100 days in circulation

19
Q

How do mature b cells gain access to follicles more easily?

A

They have the correct receptors to guide them to the 2ndary lymphoid tissues

20
Q

What are naive b cells?

A

B cells that have not been activated by an antigen, and so not been activated by an antigen

21
Q

What happens if the immature B cells get into the secondary lymphoid tissues?

A

They receive survival signals and will leave the 2ndary lymphoid issues via lymphatic vessels

22
Q

What are mature B cells looking for in 2ndary lymphoid tissues looking for?

23
Q

What happens to the majority of mature b cells that eter the 2ndary lymphois tissue?

A

They dont find an antigen, and end up leaving

24
Q

What happens to mature b cells that find antigens in the 2ndary lymphoid tissue?

A

They bind to the antigen, internalise it, endocytose it

25
Q

What is receptor mediated endocytosis?

A

A b cell binds to an antigen and takes it up via endocytosis

26
Q

What happens to an antigen once a B cell takes it up?

A

It is processed into short peptides

27
Q

What are the processed peptides of an antigen loaded onto in a B cell?

A

MHCII proteins

28
Q

What do the MHCII proteins do once they have the short antigenic peptides on them?

A

They move to the surface of the B cell and present them

29
Q

What is a cognate interaciton?

A

An interaction between a b cell and a t cell where t cells recognise an antigen on a B cell, and the t cells send a signal

30
Q

What does a b cell do after a t cell recognises the antigen it presents?

A

Proliferate to become plasma cells and memory b cell