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Cytokines Flashcards

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GM-CSF

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Producing Cell: Th
Target Cell: progenitor cells
Function: Growth and differentiation of monocytes and DC

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IL-1alpha and IL-1beta

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Producing: monocytes, macs,bcells,DC
Target: Th cells, b cells, nk cells, inflammation, acute phase response, fever

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Th cells do what?

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co stimulation

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Il-2

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Producing: Th1 cells

Target Cell: Activated T and B cells, NK cells

Function: growth, proliferation, activation

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IL-3

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Producing: Th Cells and natural killer cells

Target cell:

  • Stem cell: growth and differentiation
  • Mast cell: growth and histamine release
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Il-4

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producing: Th2 cells

Target cell
-Activated B cell: proliferation and differentiation, IgG and IgE synthesis
-Macrophages: MHC Class II
T Cells: proliferation

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IL-5

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Producing: Th2
Target cells: activated B cell
to do proliferation and differentiation
IgA synthesis

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IL-6

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Producing: monocytes, macrophages, Th2 cells, stromal cells

Target cell:

  • Activated B cells: differentiation into plasma cells
  • Plasma Cells: antibody secretion
  • Stem cells: differentiation
  • Various: acute phase response
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IL-7

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Producing cell: marrow stroma and thymus stroma

Target: stem cells to differentiation into progenitor B and T cells

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IL-8

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Producing: macrophages and endothelial cells

Target: neutrophils to do chemotaxis

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Il-10

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Producing cell: Th2

Target

  • Cell: macrophages: cytokine production
  • b cell activation
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IL-12

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Producing cell: macrophages and B cells

Target:

  • activated T cells: differentiate into CTL(cytotoxic t lymphocytes) (with Il-2)
  • NK cell activation
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IFN-alpha

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Producing cell: leukocytes

Function: Various: viral replication and MHC I expression

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IFN-beta

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Producing cell: Fibroblasts

Function: various viral replication and MHC I expression

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IFN-gama

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Producing cell: TH1, Tc cells, NK cells

Function:

  • viral replication
  • Macrophages: MHC expression and pathogen elimination
  • Ig class switch to IgG2a
  • Th2 cells: proliferation
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MIP-1alpha

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Producing cell: macrophages

Function:
-monocytes,T cells: chemotaxis

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MIP-1beta:

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Producing cell: lymphoctes

Function: monocytes and T cells: chemtaxis

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TGF-beta

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Producing cell: T cells, monocytes

Function:

  • monocytes and macrophages: chemotaxis
  • Activated Macrophages: Il-1 synthesis
  • Activated B cells: IgA synthesis
  • Proliferation
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TNF-alpha

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Producing cell: Macrophages, mast cells, NK cells

Function:

  • Macrophages: CAM and cytokine expression
  • Tumor Cells: cell death
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TNF-Beta

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Producing cell: Th1 and Tc cells

Function:

  • phagocytes: phagocytosis, NO production
  • Tumor cells: cell death

Cytokines (9 decks)

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