Chronic Inflammation Flashcards
Chronic inflammation is a response of prolonged duration (weeks or months) in which ______,______, and ______ coexist, in varying combinations.
inflammation, tissue injury and attempts at repair
Chronic inflammation may follow:
_________, or
_____________
acute inflammation
may begin insidiously, as a low-grade, smoldering response.
causes of chronic inflammation
•_______ infections by microorganisms that are difficult to eradicate, such as ______ and certain viruses, fungi, and parasites.
These organisms often evoke an immune reaction called ____________
•The inflammatory response sometimes takes a specific pattern called a ________ reaction.
Persistent; mycobacteria
delayed-type hypersensitivity
granulomatous
Causes of chronic inflammation
• In other cases, an unresolved ______ may evolve into chronic inflammation,
acute inflammation
Causes of chronic inflammation
______ evoke a self- perpetuating immune reaction that results in chronic tissue damage and inflammation; examples of such diseases are rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Autoantigens
Causes of Chronic inflammation
______ exposure to potentially toxic agents, either exogenous or endogenous.
• Silica is an __genous nondegradable inanimate material that, when inhaled for prolonged periods, results in an inflammatory ___ disease called ____
• Atherosclerosis is thought to be a (acute or chronic?) inflammatory process of the arterial wall induced partly by excessive production and tissue deposition of endogenous cholesterol and other lipids.
Prolonged
Exo; lung
silicosis
Chronic
MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES
• Chronic inflammation is characterized by:
Infiltration with mononuclear cells, which include _______,_____,______
Tissue destruction, induced by the __________ or _______
Attempts at healing by ________ replacement of damaged tissue accomplished by ________ and, in particular, _______
macrophages, lymphocytes, and plasma cells
persistent offending agent or by the inflammatory cells
connective tissue; angiogenesis
Fibrosis
angiogenesis is the proliferation of __________
small blood vessels
Macrophages
• The half-life of blood monocytes is about ______, whereas the life span of tissue macrophages is several __________
1 day
months or years.
In inflammatory reactions, monocytes begin to emigrate into extravascular tissues quite (early or late?) , and within _________ they may constitute the predominant cell type.
Early
48 hours
Extravasation of monocytes is governed by different factors to those that are involved in neutrophil emigration.
T/F
F
the same
There are two major pathways of macrophage activation, called _____ and _______
classical and alternative.
Classical macrophage activation may be induced by:
_______ products such as _______, which engage TLRs and
other sensors;
by _____ cell–derived signals, importantly the __________ , in immune responses;
by ______ substances including crystals and particulate matter.
Microbial; endotoxin
T ; cytokine IFN-γ
foreign
Classically activated (also called ___) macrophages produce _____ and ____ and upregulate lysosomal enzymes.
M1
NO and ROS
Alternative macrophage activation is induced by ________, such as _____ and ____, produced by _______ and other cells.
cytokines other than IFN-γ
IL-4 and IL-13
T lymphocytes
Alternative macrophages are actively microbicidal and the cytokines may actually inhibit the classical activation pathway;
T/F
F
They are not
Alternative macrophages’ cytokines may actually inhibit the classical activation pathway of macrophages
T/F
T
The products of activated macrophages
eliminate injurious agents such as microbes,
initiate _______
also responsible for much of the ________ in ______________ inflammation .
the process of repair
tissue injury
chronic inflammation
Macrophages secrete mediators of inflammation, such as ________ and ______
cytokines (TNF, IL-1, chemokines, and others) and eicosanoids.
Macrophages display antigens to T lymphocytes and respond to signals from T cells
T/F
T
Role of Lymphocytes
•_____ and other environmental antigens activate T and B lymphocytes.
• These cells are often present in chronic inflammation and when activated, the inflammation tends to be _____ and _____
• Some of the strongest chronic inflammatory reactions, such as _______ inflammation are dependent on lymphocyte responses.
• Lymphocytes may be the dominant population in the chronic inflammation seen in _______ and other _____ diseases.
• Antigen-stimulated (effector and memory) T and B lymphocytes use various adhesion molecule pairs (selectins, integrins and their ligands) and chemokines to migrate into inflammatory sites.
• Cytokines from activated ______, mainly _____,____, and chemokines, promote leukocyte recruitment.
Microbes
persistent and severe.
granulomatous
autoimmune; hypersensitivity
Macrophages; TNF, IL-1
____+ T lymphocytes promote inflammation and influence the nature of the inflammatory reaction through _____ production.
CD4
cytokine
There are three subsets of CD4+ T cells that secrete different types of cytokines and elicit different types of inflammation.
• TH1 cells produce the cytokine ______, which _____________________
• TH2 cells secrete _____,——,____, which recruit and activate ______ and are responsible for the _____ pathway of macrophage activation.
• TH17 cells secrete ____ and other cytokines, which induce the secretion of _______ responsible for recruiting _______ and _______ into the reaction.
IFN-γ; activates macrophages by the classical pathway.
IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13; eosinophils; alternative
IL-17; chemokines
neutrophils (and monocytes)