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Defence Cells Flashcards

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What is immune dysregulation?

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When the immune system is not functioning normally (impairment of the immune system)

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Where do nearly all defence cells originate?

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In the bone marrow

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What are haematopoietic cells?

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Cells that can differentiate into any type of blood cell: RBC, WBC or platelet

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Where do lymphoid cells originate?

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In the lymph glands

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Where do myeloid cells originate?

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In the bone marrow

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What are common myeloid precursors?

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  • Macrophages
  • Neutrophils
  • Mast cells
  • Basophils
  • Eosinophils
  • RBC
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7
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What are common lymphoid precursors?

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  • B cells

- T cells

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Are neutrophils granulocytes?

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Yes, they have secretory granules in them

- these contain degradative enzymes and antimicrobial substances within them

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Which cells are the most numerous and important cells in innate immune responses?

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Neutrophils

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Where are neutrophils found in the body?

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  • They circulate in the blood and move into tissues when requires
  • Healthy people will have millions of neutrophils in the body
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What is meant by neutrophils being phagocytic?

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They take up and destroy organisms by phagocytosis

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What is chemotaxis?

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The movement of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus

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Which cells circulate in the blood as precursors called monocytes?

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Macrophages - they become macrophages once they migrate into the tissue

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Are macrophages early responders to infection or tissue damage?

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Yes, they are long lived with multiple functions

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What is it meant by macrophages being ‘antigen presenting cells’?

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They are able to phagocytose but can also present antigens to other cells

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Are mast cells granulocytes?

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Yes, they are best known for their role in allergy as they produce histamine

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Are mast cells early responders to infection or tissue damage?

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Yes, they migrate from blood and differentiate into tissues

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What to mast cells protect against?

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Pathogens - particularly larger pathogens e.g. parasitic worms

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Are Eosinophils granulocytes?

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Yes, they contain degradative enzymes and antimicrobials

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Do eosinophils contribute to allergy?

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yes

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Why are eosinophils thought to play a major role in defence against parasites?

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Because they are larger than neutrophils so can ingest larger threats

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Are basophils granulocytes?

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Yes

23
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What cells are basophils similar to?

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Eosinophils

24
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Where are dendritic cells derived from?

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Both myeloid and lymphoid lineages

25
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What is the function of dendritic cells?

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Can uptake antigens and can also present antigens to T cells or sometimes directly to B cells

26
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What do dendritic cells look like?

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Long, finger-like processes

27
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What is micropinocytosis?

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The ability of dendritic cells to ingest large amounts of extracellular fluid

28
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Where do T cells mature?

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The Thymus

29
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What do T cells give rise to?

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Cellular immunity

30
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How do T cells recognise peptides presented by antigen presenting cells?

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Through T cell receptors

31
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Why are there checkpoints in place for T cells?

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To ensure T cells only respond to foreign pathogens and not ‘self peptides’

32
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What 2 sub-groups can T cells be classified into?

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CD8+ or CD4+

33
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What do CD8+ T cells interact with?

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Antigen presented by MHC class 1 (can be suicidal gene)

34
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What do CD4+ T cells interact with?

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Antigen presented by MHC class 2 (signal to show that needs response to remove threat)

35
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What do cytotoxic CD8+ T cells do?

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Destroy infected ‘self cells’

36
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What do CD4+ cells play a role in?

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Immune detection. Numerous subsets which help support and modulate immune responses according to pathogenic threat. Also roles in regulation of immune responses

37
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What is the cytotoxic process of CD8+ T cells?

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  1. when a cytotoxic T cell interacts with the MHC 1-epitope complex on an infected cell it produces granzymes and perforins
  2. The perforins form pores in the plasma membrane. Granzymes enter the cell and break down proteins, lysing the cell
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What is the CD4+ T cell subset generation process?

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  • CD4+ T cells start life as a ‘naive’ T cell
  • 3 signals are requires for the activation of T cells
  • 3rd Signal determines the fate f the naïve T cell
39
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What is the function of TH1 CD4+ T cells?

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Support macrophages to destroy intracellular microbes

40
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What is the function of TH2 CD4+ T cells?

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Produce cytokines which recruit and activate mast cells, eosinophils and promote barrier immunity at mucosal surfaces

41
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What is the function of TH17 CD4+ T cells?

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Secrete IL-17 family cytokines that induce local non-professional immune cells to release cytokines and chemokines

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What is the function of TFH CD4+ T cells?

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Cells induce specific B cell responses (promote opsonising antibody response)

43
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What is the function of Treg CD4+ T cells?

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Supress T cell activity to prevent autoimmunity

44
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How do B cells recognise antigens?

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Through B cell receptors which is the actual antibody against the antigen they respond

45
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What is meant by ‘diversity’ in B cell receptors?

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Potential to respond to numerous antigens

46
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Once activated what do B cells turn into?

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Plasma cells which churn out lots of antibody against that specific antigen

47
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What can binding of the antigen to the B cell receptor lead to?

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Internalisation and subsequent antigen presentation to T cells

48
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Why are checkpoints in place for B cells?

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To ensure B cells only respond to foreign pathogens and not ‘self-peptides’

49
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What are the 3 major functions of B cells?

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  1. Proliferation - Multiply in numbers
  2. Antigen presentation - to activate T cells
  3. Plasma cell differentiation - Produces antibodies
50
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Which myeloid cells are considered part of innate immunity?

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Natural killer cells

51
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Do NK cells have granules?

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Yes

52
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Which abnormal cells can NK cells recognise and kill?

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  • Tumour

- Infected virus

53
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Why are Natural Killer cells important?

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They can ‘hold back’ virus infections until adaptive immunity kicks in

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