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Core Immunology - Immunomodulation and Immunosuppression (13) Flashcards

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Immunomodulation

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Manipulating the immune system using immunomodulatory drugs

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What is the therapeutic effect of immunomodulation?

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  • Immunopotentiation
  • Immunosuppression
  • Immunological tolerance
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Immunopotentiation

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Enhancing immune response by adding another substance, increasing it’s rate/prolonging duration

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Mechanisms of immunomodulation

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Immunisation, replacement therapy, immune stimulants, immune suppressants, anti-inflammatory agents, allergen immunotherapy/desentisation, adoptive immunotherapy

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Biologics - immunomodulators

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Medicine products produced using molecular biology techniques - recombinant DNA

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Classes of biologics immunomodulators

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  • Substances nearly identical to body’s own key signalling proteins
  • Monoclonal antibodies
  • Fusion proteins
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Anti-TNF

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  • Adalimumab (human IgG)
  • Infliximab (chimeric mouse-human IgG)
  • Etanercept (fusion protein)
  • Cetrolizumab (humanised)
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Immunopotentiation

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Increase immune response by administration of another substance (increasing rate/prolonging duration)

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Examples of immunopotentiation

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Immunisation, replacement therapies, immune stimulants

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Passive immunisation

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Transfer of specific, high-titre antibody from donor to recipient, provides immediate but transient protection

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Problems with passive immunisation

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Risk of transmission of viruses, serum sickness

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Types of passive immunisation

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Pooled specific human Ig, animal sera (antitoxins and antivenins)

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Uses of passive immunisation

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Hep B (prophylaxis and treatment), Botulism, VZV (pregnancy), Diphtheria, Snake bites

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Active immunisation

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To stimulate the development of protective immune response from immunological memory

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Active immunisation immunogenic material

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Weakened forms of pathogens, killed inactivated pathogens, purified materials (proteins, DNA), adjuvants

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Active immunisation problems

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Allergy to any vaccine component, limited usefulness in immunocompromised, delay in achieving protection

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Replacement therapies - Pooled human Ig

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Used in treatment of antibody deficiencies (IV/SC)

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Immune stimulation - G-CSF/GM-CSF

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Act on bone marrow, to increase production of mature neutrophils

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Immune stimulation - IL-2

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Stimulates T cell activation (rarely used)

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Immune stimulation a-INF

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Hep C

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Immune stimulation B-INF

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MS

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Immune stimulation y-INF

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Intracellular infections (atypical mycobacteria), chronic granulomatous disease, IL-12 deficiency

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Interferon

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Increases anti-viral response, occurs naturally, increase protein synthesis > increased resistance (makes you feel flu-like)

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Immunosuppression

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  • Cortiocosteroids
  • Cytotoxic agents
  • Anti-proliferative/activation agents
  • DMARD’s
  • Biologic DMARD’s
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Corticosteroids action

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Decrease neutrophil margination, reduce cytokine production, inhibit phospholipase A2 (reduced arachidonic acid metabolites production), lymphopenia, decreases T cell proliferation and Ig production

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Corticosteroid side-effects

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  • Carb and lipid metabolism (diabetes and hyperlipidaemia)
  • Reduced protein synthesis (poor wound healing)
  • Osteoporosis
  • Glaucoma and cataracts
  • Psychiatric complications
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Uses of corticosteroids

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  • AI (connective tissue disorder, vasculitis, RA)
  • Inflammatory (Crohn’s, sarcoid, GCA/polymyalgia rheumatica)
  • Lymphoma
  • Allograft rejection
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Antimetabolites

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Stop proliferation of T-cells - Azathioprine (AZA), Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)

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Calcineurin inhibitors

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Ciclosporin A (CyA), Tacrolimus (FK506)

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CyA

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Binds to intracellular protein cyclophilin

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Tacrolimus

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Binds to intracellular protein FKBP-12

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Calcineurin mode of actions

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Prevent activation of NFAT, factors which stimulate cytokines (IL-2 and INFy) gene transcription

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M-TOR inhibitors

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Sirolimus/rapamycin (structurally related to tacromilus)

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M-TOR mode of action

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Inhibits target of rapamycin (Macrolide antibiotic), inhibits response to IL-2

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M-TOR effects on T cels

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Can’t proliferate, cell cycle arrests at GI-S phase

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Calcineurin/M-TOR side effects

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Increased bp, nephrotoxicity, lymphomas, neurotoxicity, hirsutism (hair growth), hepatotoxicity, opportunistic infections, multiple drug interactions

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Antimetabolites

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Inhibit nucleotide/purine synthesis

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AZA mechanism

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Guanine anti-metabolite, rapidly converts > 6-mercaptopurine

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MMF mechanism

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Non-competitive inhibitor of IMPDH, prevents production of guanosine triphosphate

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Antimetabolites effects on B and T cells

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Impaired DNA production, prevents early stages of activated cell proliferation

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Antimetabolite uses

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Allograft rejetion, SLE, vasculitis, IBD

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Cytotoxic antimetabolites

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MTX and cyclophospamide

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Methotrexate mechanism

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Folate antagonist

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Uses of methotrexate

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RA, PsA, GvHD in BMT, RA, Polymyositis, Vasculitis

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Cyclophospamide mechanism

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Cross-link DNA

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Cyclophospamide uses

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SLE, vasculitis, Wagner’s, CSS

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Side effects of MTX and Cyclophospamide

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Bone marrow suppression, gastric upset, hepatitis, susceptibility to infections (MTX - pneumonitis, C-cystitis)

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Biological DMARD’s

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Biological Disease-Modifying Anti Rheumatic Drugs

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Types of biological DMARD’s

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Anti-cytokines (TNF, IL-6, IL-1), anti B-cell, anti- T cell activation, anti-adhesion molecules, complement inhibitors

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Anti-cytokines

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  • Anti-TNF (activate macrophages)
  • Anti IL-6
  • Anti IL-1
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Anti-TNF

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Used: RA, Crohn’s, Psoriasis, Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Anti IL-6

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Tocilizumab, RA and adult onset still’s disease

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Anti-TNF problems

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Increased risk of TB

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Anti IL-6 problems

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Control of serum lipids

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Anti IL-1 examples

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Anakinra, Rilonacept, Canakinumab

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Anti IL-1 uses

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AOSD and auto inflammatory syndromes

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Rituximab

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Part mouse and part human chimeric mAB against CD20-B cell

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Rituximab uses

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Lymphoma (B-cell origin), leukaemia, transplant rejection, autoimmune disorder (chemotherapy resistant diffuse large B-cell lymphoma)

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Adoptive immunotherapy

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Bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant

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Adoptive immunotherapy uses

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SCID, lymphomas, leukaemias, inherited metabolic disorders (osteoporosis), AI

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Immunomodulators - allergy

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Immune suppressants, allergen specific immunotherapy, anti-IgE monoclonal therapy, anti IL-5 monoclonal treatment

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Indications of allergy immunomodulators

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  • Allergic rhinoconjuctivitis not controlled
  • Anaphylaxis to insect venom
  • Steroids low response
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Mechanisms of allergy immunomodulators

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Switching of immune response Th2 (allergic) > Th1 (non-allergic), development of T reg cells and tolerance

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Routes of allergy immunomodulators

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SC/sublingual

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Side effects of allergy immunomodulators

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Localised/systemic allergic reactions

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Monoclonal antibodies against allergies

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Omalizumab and Mepolizumab

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Omalizumab

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Against IgE

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Omalizumab uses

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Asthma, chronic urticaria and angio-oedema

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Side effects of omalizumab

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Severe systemic anaphylaxis

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Mepolizumab

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Against IL-5, prevents eosinophil recruitment and activation

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