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Cells and Organs of the Immune System Flashcards

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What are the 3 lines of defense?

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  1. Skin, MM, chemicals (innate)
  2. Phagocytosis, complement, interferon, inflammation, fever (innate)
  3. Lymphocytes, antibodies (adaptive)
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Characteristics of granulocytes

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WBC with cytoplasmic granules
produced in bone marrow
classified based on H&E stain

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Types of granulocytes

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Basophils (granules stain dark blue)
Eosinophils (granules stain red)
Neutrophils (granules stain neutral pink)

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Characteristics of basophils

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Defend against parasites
Allergic/inflammatory reactions
Toxic granules
Express adhesion molecules (LFA-1, Mac-1, CD44)

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Characteristics of eosinophils

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Defend against parasites - kill Ab coated parasites

Allergic reactions

Respond to chemokines secreted by neutrophils/lymphocytes

Toxic granules

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Characteristics of neutrophils

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Most numerous innate immune cell
Band-shaped nucleus when immature
Segmented nucleus when mature
Circulate in blood
Phagocytosis and degradation
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What can a high ANC (absolute neutrophil count) indicate?

*Neutrophilia

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Kidney failure or bacterial infection

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What can a low ANC indicate?

*Neutropenia

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Leukemia or bone marrow damage

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Similar to basophilic leukocytes, _____ are generated in the bone marrow and have CD34+ precursor cells.

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Mast cells

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Two types of mast cells

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CT mast cell - local allergic reactions

Mucosal - In areas of body exposed to external env (Lungs, digestive tract, mouth, nose)

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Activated function of mast cells

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Release granules containing histamine - mediate allergic reactions

Defend against parasites

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Monocytes vs macrophages location

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Monocytes - in blood

Macrophages - in tissue

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Function of macrophages/monocytes

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Phagocytosis and Ag presentation

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Examples of tissue-specific macrophages

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Bone - osteoclasts
Nervous - microglial cells
Liver - Kupffer cells
Histiocytes

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15
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Do macrophages always create an immune response while functional?

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No, they also perform housekeeping functions such as recycling dead RBCs

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Which cells recognize and kill virus-infected or tumor cells, and have features of both innate and adaptive immunity?

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Natural Killer cells

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17
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What do the granules of the natural killer cells do?

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Proteins form holes in the target cell and cause apoptosis

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18
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How do natural killer cells regulate the immune response?

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Activate dendritic cells, T-cells, and macrophages

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______ are specialized sentinel cells that move around and respond to their environment, presenting Ag to T cells.

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Dendritic cells

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20
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Which immune cells promote self-tolerance?

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Dendritic cells

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What is special about plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs)?

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Have the ability to secrete large amounts of type 1 interferons upon activation through TLR7 and TLR9

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Which lymphocytes are part of the humoral immune response, mature in the bone marrow, bind Ag and generate Ab?

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B lymphocytes

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23
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3 major roles of antibodies

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neutralization - bind virulence factors, pathogen cannot infect host cells

opsonization - (covers patho)- alerts neutrophils and macrophages to engulf and digest pathogen

complement activation - directly destroy or lyse pathogens. MAC.

24
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Which lymphocytes mature in the thymus, are part of the cellular immune response?

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T lymphocytes

25
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2 categories of T cells

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CD8+ - cytotoxic - kill infected or cancer cells

CD4+ - Helper T - (Th1, Th2, Th17, tregs)

26
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Function of Th1 cells

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coordinate immune responses against intracellular pathogens (viruses, bacteria, protozoa)

produce and secrete cytokines to activate macrophages

27
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Function of Th2 cells

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Coordinate immune response against extracellular pathogens (helminths)

Alert B cells, granulocytes and mast cells

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Function of Th17 cells

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produce interleukin 17, activating immune and non-immune cells

protect surfaces (skin, gut) against extracellular bacteria

recruit neutrophils and CDT+8 cytotoxic cells

summon immune strike against cancer

29
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What do Tregs (regulatory T cells) do?

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Monitor and inhibit activity of other T cells via inhibitory cytokines

30
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Molecules that activate receptors and may be free-floating or membrane-bound

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Ligands

31
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Immune cells can dispatch specific instructions by altering the expression and density of what 2 things?

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receptors and ligands

32
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Small proteins involved in cell growth, activation, etc

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cytokines

33
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Function of Toll-like receptors (TLRs)

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expressed on innate immune cells (macrophages and dendritic cells)

recognize microbial patterns, essential for innate immune cell activation and inflammatory responses

34
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BCRs and TCRs recognize…

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foreign antigens

35
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C3a and C5 (complement) are chemoattractants that recruit what type of cell to inflammatory sites?

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neutrophils

36
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Areas of lymphoid production in fetus

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yolk sac
fetal liver
omentum

37
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Primary lymphoid organs (development)

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bone marrow
thymus
Bursa of Fabricius

38
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Secondary lymphoid organs (response)

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speen
lymph nodes
Peyer’s patches
non-encapsulated lymphoid tissue

39
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While T lymphocytes mature in the thymus, B lymphocytes can mature in what places depending on species?

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Bursa- birds
Bone marrow- primates and rodents
Intestinal lymphoid tissue- rabbits, dogs, pigs

40
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Which part of the thymus contains most of the thymocytes?

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cortex

41
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What are thymosins, thymopoietins, thymulin, and thymostimulins?

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thymic hormones that work with cytokines to regulate maturation of T lymphocytes in the thymus

42
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While maturing in the thymus, which thymocytes will be destroyed via apoptosis?

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Thymocytes with receptors that bind strongly to self-antigens

Thymocytes that cannot bind MHC II molecules

43
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Where is the Bursa of Fabricius found?

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In birds only, before the cloaca. Each follicle has cortex and medulla. Cortex contains lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages.

44
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Function of Bursa of Fabricius

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Maturation and differentiation of Ab forming cells

Neg and Pos selection of B lymphocytes

45
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Development timing of secondary lymphoid organs (capsulated and non-capsulated)

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Develop late in fetal life
Persist into adult life

*surgical removal does not impair immune capability

46
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Function of secondary lymphoid organs

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DC’s trap and process Ag, and present them to lymphocytes

47
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Things to know about lymph nodes

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Filter lymph to trap Ag

Cortex contains B lymphocytes in germinal centers

Paracortex contains T cells and DCs

48
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In what direction do afferent and efferent lymph vessels flow?

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Afferent - into the node (carries lymphocytes, DCs and Ag)

Efferent - out of node

49
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What is the principle function of lymph nodes?

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Facilitate interaction between DCs and B/T lymphocytes. (so B and T cells find the correct antigen they were meant to react to)

50
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2 types of tissue in the spleen

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Red pulp - blood filtering and RBC storage

White pulp - lymphocytes, immune induction

51
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Functions of the spleen

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Filters blood for pathogens, debris, old blood cells

Stores RBCs, platelets

Recycles Fe++

52
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Peyer’s Patches in the ileum are PRIMARY lymphoid organs (B cell development) in which species?

*secondary in other species

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Ruminants
Pigs
Dogs
Rabbits

53
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Function of M cells covering Peyer’s Patches

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Sample Ag from the intestine and pass them into the germinal center so B lymphocytes can react

54
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Peyer’s Patches undergo involution EXCEPT in these 2 species:

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Rabbits and rodents

55
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These non-encapsulated lymphoid aggregates line the mucosal surfaces of the body and make up a large portion of total lymphoid tissue

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MALT

GALT - gastrointestinal
BALT - bronchial
NALT - nasal
CALT - conjunctiva

56
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What is the best known mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue?

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GALT

inductive site of intestinal immune response
effector site of intestinal immune response

57
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What’s up with Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs)?

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Cells that are of lymphoid origin but function as innate immune cells.

Don’t have BCR or TCR

Secrete high conc of cytokines

Localized to mucosal surfaces

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RUSVM Immunology (4 decks)

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