Chapter 2- Innate Immunity Flashcards
describe the specificity of the innate immune system vs adaptive
-innate: specific
- adaptive: broad range
describe the receptors for innate immunity vs adaptive
-innate: encoded in germline
- adaptive: encoded by genes produced by somatic recombination of gene segments
describe the distribution of receptors in innate immunity vs adaptive
-innate: nonclonal
- adaptive: clonal
what are the 2 principle types of reaction of the innate immune system
- stimulate acute inflammation
- anti-viral defenses
what happens in acute inflammation
accumulation of leukocytes, phagocytic cells, plasma proteins, and fluid derived from the blood at the extravascular tissue site of infection or injury
what are anti-viral defenses mediated by
- NK cell mediated killing of virus infected cells
- interferon alpha/beta
where are pattern recognition receptors found
-extracellular
- cytosolic
- endosomal
what are the types of pattern recognition receptors
- toll-like receptors (TLRs)
- NOD like receptors (NLRs)
- RIG like receptors (RLRs)
what do Toll like receptors do
-acute inflammation
- stimulation of adaptive immunity
- antiviral state
what do NOD like receptors (NLRs) do
recognize PAMPs and DAMPs in the cytoplasm and recruit other proteins to form signaling complexes such as inflammasomes that promote inflammation
what do RIG like receptors (RLRs) do
cytosolic sensors of viral RNA that respond to viral nucleic acids by inducing production of the antiviral type 1 interferons
what do epithelial barriers do
- physical barrier to infection
- killing of microbes by locally produced antibiotics
- killing of microbes and infected cells by intraepithelial lymphocytes
what do neutrophils do
- circulating phagocytic cells
- first cell type to respond to most infections
- live only a few hours in tissues
what is the most abundant leukocyte in blood
neutrophils
what do monocytes do
differentiate into tissue macrophages after entering tissues