Chapter 16 videos Flashcards
What is adaptive immune system
- Defenses against specific pathogen Specific Acquired
- Third line of defense
Innate vs Adaptive (Distribution)
Innate
Almost all multicellular eukaryotes
Adaptive
Only in vertebrates
Innate vs Adaptive (Targets)
Innate
Limited number of key structures present in many microbes (PAMPs), perhaps 20-50
Adaptive
Antigens, which are mostly proteins; different ones number in the billions
Innate vs Adaptive (Immune Receptors)
Innate
Pattern recognition receptors, such as Tolllike receptors (TLRs)
Adaptive
T cell receptors and antibodies
Innate vs Adaptive (Cellular Presence)
Innate
Almost all cells
Adaptive
Lymphocytes only
Innate vs Adaptive (Discrimination)
Innate
Host cells do not contain PAMPs
Adaptive
Tolerance for self-antigens can break down, resulting in autoimmune disease
Innate vs Adaptive (Immunological
Memory)
Innate
Absent
Adaptive
Present
What are Five attributes of adaptive immunity?
- Specificity
acts against only one particular antigen - Inducibility (activated because exposure)
- Clonality
proliferate to form many generations of nearly identical cells - Unresponsiveness to self
adaptive immune responses are self-tolerant - Memory
it adapts to respond faster and more effectively
What are two types of lymphocytes?
- B cells
- T cells
Role of B cells
- antibody immune responses (humoral immunity)
- Control of extracellular pathogens and toxins
(free circulating antigens)
Role of T cells
- cell-mediated immune response (cell-mediated immunity)
- Control of intracellular pathogens and stimulates macrophages
What type of pathogen do B cells control?
Free cicurlating Pathogens
What do T cell in charge of?
Remove any intracellular pathogen
Steps in humoral system
- A B cell binds to the antigen for which it is specific. A T-dependent B cell requires cooperation with a T helper (Th) cell.
- The B cell, often with stimulation by cytokines from a Tu cell, differentiates into a plasma cell. Some B cells become memory cells.
- Plasma cells proliferate and produce antibodies against the antigen.
Steps in cell mediated immune system
- A T cell binds to MHC-antigen
comolexes on the surface of the infected cell,
activating the T cell (with its cytokine receptors).
2.Activation of macrophage
(enhanced phagocytic activity). - The CD8T cell becomes a cytotoxic T Lympocyte (CTL) able to induce apoptosis of the target cell.
Adaptive immunity has characteristics that distinguish it from innate immunity, one of which is inducibility. What is inducibility?
A. When there is a virus that can infect both animals and humans
B. When pathogens activate adaptive immunity
C. When a virus cannot cause disease in a particular human because that individual lacks the specific receptor that the virus glycoprotein binds to
D. When adaptive immunity responds only to a specific pathogen
B. When pathogens activate adaptive immunity
What are the targets of the two basic divisions of adaptive immunity?
A. B cells target mainly bone marrow pathogens, and T cells target mainly thymus pathogens.
B. B cells generally target free-floating antigen, while T cells target infected cells.
C. B cells are part of an innate immune response, while T cells are part of an adaptive immune response.
D. B cells target bacteria, while T cells target viruses.
B. B cells generally target free-floating antigen, while T cells target infected cells.
How T cell recptors work?
- T cells act primarily against cells that harbor intracellular pathogens
Specificity of the T cell receptor (TCR): - TCRs do not recognize epitopes (antigens) directly
- bind only epitopes (antigens) associated with an MHC protein
- Only one antigen binding site
How B cell recptors work?
- Major function is the secretion of antibodies
- Specificity of the B cell receptor (BR):
- BCR is a type of immunoglobulin
- BCR can recognize epitopes (antigen) directly
- Two identical antigen recognition site (recognizes only one antigen)
- Bind directly to antigens
B cells vs. T cells (Site of Maturation)
B Cells
Bone marrow
T Cells
Thymus
B cells vs. T cells (Specific Surface
Markers)
B Cells
Immunoglobulin
Several CD molecules
T Cells
T-cell receptor
Several CD molecules
B cells vs. T cells (Circulation in Blood)
B Cells
Low numbers
T Cells
High numbers
B cells vs. T cells (Receptors for Antigen)
B Cells
B-cell receptor (immunoglobulin)
T Cells
T-cell receptor
B cells vs. T cells (Require Antigen
Presented with MHC)
B Cells
No
T Cells
Yes