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What is the definition of chronic inflammation?

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Inflammation lasting over 2 weeks

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True or false: inflammation, tissue destruction, and attempts at repair coexist are separate events in inflammation

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False, all at once

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What are the three reasons for chronic inflammation?

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  1. Persistent microbial infection
  2. Immune-related inflammatory diseases
  3. Prolonged exposure to potentially toxic agents
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What are the characteristics of the microbes that cause chronic inflammation?

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Low pathogenicity

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What are the three morphological characteristics of chronic inflammation?

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  1. Infiltration with monocytes
  2. Tissue destruction
  3. Attempts at healing
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What do the attempts at healing look like histologically in chronic inflammation?

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Deposition of CT (heavy eosinophilia); angiogenesis or fibrosis (pink collagen deposition)

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Histological sample where there are Ducts + islets = where?

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Pancreas

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What happens in chronic inflammation of lung tissue? (3)

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Enlarged alveolar cells
Deposition of collagen
Mononuclear cell infiltration

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Plasma cells in tissue = ?

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Chronic inflammation

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How do plasma cells appear in tissues? (3)

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Clock face nucleus
Clear areas around the nucleus representing Golgi
Nucleus pushed to one side

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What is the key cells in chronic and granulomatous inflammation?

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Macrophages

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What happens to monocytes when they enter tissues?

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Name change:

turn into macrophages (Kupffer cells for liver or pulmonary macrophages)

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Macrophages is in bone =?

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Osteoclasts

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Macrophages is in brain =?

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Microglia

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How do activated macrophages appear relative to unactivated macrophages?

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Much larger, like a squamous cell

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What are the four features of a mature macrophages (activated monocyte)?

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  1. Increased size
  2. Increase in lysosomes
  3. Increased lysosomal enzymes
  4. Increased ability to kill organisms
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What are the maturation steps of monocytes to macrophages?

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  1. Stem cell
  2. Monoblasts
  3. monocytes
  4. macrophages
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How long do macrophages take to enter site of inflammation?

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48 hours

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What is the main activation signal of macrophage activation?

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interferon gamma

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Where does gamma interferon mainly come from? (2)

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Activated T cells (Th1 cells and NK cells)

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What causes the tissue destruction seen in chronic inflammation?

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The injury factors or the inflammatory mediators are constantly there

22
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How do macrophages appear in tissue?

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Relatively clear staining nucleus

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What are macrophages that are in the liver?

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Kupffer cells

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Macrophages in the lungs = ?

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Pulmonary macrophages

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What are the morphological characteristics of activated macrophages?
Large cells with relatively clear nuclei
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Where can interferon gamma come from that causes problems?
Endotoxin on bacteria (LPS)
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What are the cytokines that direct macrophages to kill? To repair?
``` Kill = IFN-gamma Repair = IL-4, others ```
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What do macrophages secrete if given the repair signal?
Growth factors | Angiogenic factors
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What happens in chronic inflammation to macrophages?
Live longer d/t continuous signals
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What do macrophages secrete when they get the kill signal (IFN-gamma)? (4)
ROS NO IL-1 TNF-alpha
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What are the systemic effects of TNF/IL-1? (3)
Fever Leukocytosis Acute phase proteins
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What are the results of chronic inflammation?
Ongoing tissue destruction can activate inflammatory cascade, leading to coexistence of both acute and chronic inflammation
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What are the social factors that can contribute to chronic inflammation?
All the good things in life, +physical and emotional stress
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What are the two stimuli that lymphocytes can be mobilized by?
Infections or trauma
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What is the relationship between T cells and macrophages?
Reciprocal activation
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What are the cytokines that activate T cells?
interleukins
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What happens when T cells are activated via presentation? (Th 17 pathway specifically)
Differentiation to a certain type of T cell. If th17, then secrete TNF, IL-17, and other cytokines, causing further activation of macrophages
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How are macrophages encouraged to form giant cells?
Through IL-4, and IFN-gamma secretion
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What are the cytokines secreted by macrophages that stimulate T cells?
IL-12
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Are eosinophils mononuclear cells? How do they appear?
No--have three to four nuclei, and are pinky
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What is the chemokine that recruits eosinophils?
Eotaxin
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What is the function of Eotaxin?
Recruit eosinophils
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What is Major basic protein (MBP)?
The protein in the pinky granules of eosinophils, that fight against parasites
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Do mast cell participate in chronic or acute inflammation?
Both
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What causes mast cells to be "armed"?
When they have bound an IgE ab by the Fc region
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What do mast cells release? (2)
Histamine and PG
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When are mast cells helpful?
Parasitic infections
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What is diagnostic of acute and chronic inflammation?
Chronic markers + PMNs
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What is the role of plasma cells in the damage seen in chronic inflammation?
Produce antibodies toward self tissue
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How do mast cells contribute to the damage seen in chronic inflammation?
Elaborating cytokines, such as TNF

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