Ch 6 Slides Part 2 - Guerin Flashcards
What is the mechanism of central tolerance for T cells?
Negative selection or deletion
What are the immune-privileged sites?
Testis
Eye
Brain
What HLA type is associated with Ankylosing spondylitis
B27
What are 2 methods by which infections induce autoimmunity?
Costimulation on APSc
Molecular mimicry
What is the classic example of molecular mimicry?
Causes what?
Rheumatic heart disease
Myocarditis
Most autoimmune disease are caused by what?
Excessive Th1 and Th17 responses
What group of people is most common to develop SLE?
Women
African American and Hispanic > White
What ANAs are specific for SLE?
dsDNA
Sm antigen
What antibodies are diagnostic for Sjogren syndrome?
Ro/SS-A
La/SS-B
Antiphospholipid antibodies are found in what % of lupus patients?
Has what false positive?
Induces what state?
30-40%
Syphilis
Hypercoagulable state (INC PTT)
What environmental factors induce SLE?
UV light
Sex chromosomes
Hydralazine, procainamide, D-penicillamine
What are the blood vessels like in patients with SLE?
Acute necrotizing vasculitis involving capillaries, small arteries, and arterioles
What are the joints like in patients with SLE?
Opposite of what?
Non-erosive synovitis with little deformity
RA
Glomerular lesions are the result of what?
Immune complex deposition
What is the most common and severe form of lupus nephritis?
Diffuse lupus nephritis (Class IV)
What kind of effusions may be present with SLE?
Pleural and pericardial effusions
What cardiovascular system effects are present with SLE?
Myocarditis
CAD
Valvular (Libman-Sacks) endocarditis
What other organs are involved in SLE?
CNS
Spleen
Lungs (effusions), fibrosis secondary pulmonary HTN
What are signs of renal involvement in SLE?
Hematuria, proteinuria, nephrotic syndrome
What are the causes of death in SLE?
Renal failure
Infections
CAD
How does chronic discoid lupus Erythematosus present?
Skin manifestations, rarely systemic
Skin plaques with erythema, scaliness, edema
Face and scalp usually
How is subacute cutaneous Lupus distinguished from chronic discoid LE?
Skin rash is widespread, superficial, non-scarring
Mild symptoms
What drugs induce lupus syndrome?
HIPD hydralazine Isoniazid Procainamide D-Penicillamine
What organs are NOT affected in drug-induced LE?
Renal
CNS
What is Sjorgren characterized by?
Occurs bc of what?
Dry eyes Dry mouth (xerostomia)
Immunologically mediated destruction of lacrimal and salivary glands
What are some clinical features of Sjogren?
Blurring of vision, burning, itching
Difficulty in swallowing solid foods, Dec ability in taste
Parotid gland enlargement
Epistaxis
What is the best way to diagnose Sjogren syndrome?
Biopsy of the lip to examine minor salivary glands
What kind of pathology may develop from Sjorgren syndrome?
Dominant B-cell clone and marginal zone lymphoma
What characterizes systemic sclerosis (Scleroderma)?
Chronic inflammation via autoimmunity
Widespread damage to blood vessels
Progressive interstitial and perivascular fibrosis in the skin
What are the Clinical features of scleroderma?
F to M ratio of 3:1
Peak incidence of 50-60 y/o
Cutaneous changes
Raynaud, dysphagia, respiratory difficulty, myocardial fibrosis, mild proteinuria
What are the symptoms of patients with limited scleroderma?
CREST Calcinosis Raynaud Esophageal dysmotility Sclerodactyly Telangiectasia
What disease often affects middle-aged and older men and is 1st characterized in autoimmune pancreatitis?
IgG4 Related Disease
What is Mikulicz syndrome?
Associated with what?
Enlargement and fibrosis of salivary and lacrimal glands
IgG4
What characterizes IgG4 disease?
Storiform fibrosis
Obliterative phlebitis
INC serum IgG4
The Direct pathway uses what molecules?
Class I MHC
Class II MHC
The indirect pathway of recognition of alloantigens involves what cells?
B cells -> Abs -> endothelial injury
What characterizes acute cellular rejection?
Commonly seen when?
Increased vascular permeability, local accumulation of mononuclear cells
With initial months after transplantation