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Defence Cells Flashcards

1
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What is chronic disease?

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Chronic disease is caused by a malfunctioning immune system, defence cells might contribute to this malfunctioning

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2
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What is periodontal disease?

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A chronic inflammatory disease

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3
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What is PD characterised by?

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Inflammation of the gums, destruction of the alveolar bone and periodontal ligament

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4
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What is the initiating factor of PD?

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Dental plaque

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5
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Does removal of plaque resolve PD?

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No, as immune malfunction/dysregulation plays a role in PD too

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6
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What would be seen in a tissue cross section of an adult with PD?

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Apical migration of epithelial tissue (towards tooth apex, tip of root), formation of a periodontal pocket (around tooth)

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7
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Why are cells recruited to epithelial tissues in PD?

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In response to biofilm present on tooth surface

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8
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Where do majority of defence cells originate from?

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Bone marrow

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9
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Where do blood cells originate from?

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Haematopoietic stem cells

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10
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What do haematopoietic stem cells give rise to?

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Lymphoid and myeloid

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11
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What are the myeloid cells?

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Macrophage
Eosinophil
Basophil
Neutrophil
Mast cell
Dendritic cell (can also be lymphoid)
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12
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What are the lymphoid cells?

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B cells
T cells
NKC (natural killer cells)

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13
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What category of WBC are neutrophils?

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Granulocytes

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14
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What do neutrophils do?

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Circulate in blood and move into tissue when needed
Bring about phagocytosis
Activate bactericidal mechanisms

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15
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What do neutrophils contain?

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Granules which have degradative enzymes and antimicrobial substances

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16
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How are macrophages formed?

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Monocytes circulate in blood are precursors

They migrate into tissues and differentiate into macrophages

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17
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What cells are early responders to infection or tissue damage?

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Macrophages, mast cells

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18
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What do macrophages do?

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Phagocytosis
Activate bactericidal mechanisms
Antigen presentation

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19
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Which cells have a major role in immune responses?

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Macrophages

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20
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What catagory of WBC are mast cells?

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Granulocytes

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21
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What do mast cells do?

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Migrate from blood and differentiate in tissues

Protect against pathogens- particularly parasitic worms

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22
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How do mast cells function?

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By releasing granules containing histamine and active agents

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23
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What immune reaction are mast cells involved in?

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Allergy

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24
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What category of WBC are eosinophils?

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Granulocytes

25
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What do eosinophils contain?

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Granules containing degradative enzymes and antimicrobials

26
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What is the defensive role of eosinophils?

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Defence against parasites, larger than neutrophils so can ingest larger threats

27
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What is the function of eosinophils?

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Killing antibody coated parasites

28
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Are eosinophils involved in allergy?

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Yes

29
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What category of WBC are basophils?

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Granulocytes

30
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What is the function of basophils?

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To promote allergic responses

Augmentation of anti-parasitic immunity

31
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What is the function of dendritic cells?

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Antigen presentation

32
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What do dendritic cells form a bridge between?

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Innate and adaptive immune responses

33
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How do dendritic cells appear?

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As long, fingerlike processes

34
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What do dendritic cells do?

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Migrate from blood to tissue
Phagacytose organisms
Can ingest extracellular fluid- macropinocytosis
Degrade pathogens

35
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What is the major function of dendritic cells?

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To present the antigen directly to T cells

36
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Where do t cells mature?

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Thymus

37
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What do t cells give rise to?

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Cellular immunity

38
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How do T cells recognise peptides presented by antigen presenting cells?

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Through T cell receptor TCR

39
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What are the two types of T cell?

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CD4+ or CD8+

40
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How are CD molecules named?

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According to cluster differentiation (CD!!) glycoprotein on cell surface

41
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What are CD molecules involved in?

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Antigen presentation

42
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What are MHC’s?

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Major histocompatability complexes, class I or II. They are the ‘flag pole’ that attaches antigen to surface of cell for presentation, which is then recognised by various receptors on T or B cells.

43
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what do T cell CD8+ cells interact with?

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MHC class I

44
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What do T cell CD4+ cells interact with?

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MHC class II

45
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What are CD8+ cells?

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Cytotoxic

Destroy infected self cells

46
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What are CD4+ cells?

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Play a central role in immune protection

Numerous subsets which modulate immune response depending on pathogenic threat

47
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How do CD4+ cells come about?

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Start life as naive T cell
3 signals for activation of T cells
3rd signal determines fate of naive T cell

48
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What are the CD4+ subsets?

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TH1
TH2
TH17
TFH
THreg
49
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What does TH1 do?

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Supportes macrophages to destroy intracellular microbes

50
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What does TH2 do?

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Produces cytokines which activate mast cells and eosinophils

Promote barrier immunity at mucosal surfaces

51
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What does TH17 do?

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Secrete IL-17 family cytokines, specific role in supporting immune cell function

52
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What does TFH do?

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Induce specific B cell response, antibody responses

53
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What does THreg do?

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Switches T cell response off to prevent autoimmunity

54
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Where do B cells mature?

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In bone marrow

55
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What does diversity in B cell receptor mean?

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That B cells can respond to numerous antigens

56
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What do B cells do?

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When activated they turn into plasma cells, which are the cells that produce antibodies. So B cells produce antibodies

57
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What are T and B cells mainly involved in?

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Adaptive immunity- memory and specificity

58
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What are natural killer cells?

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Considered part of innate immunity

59
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What is natural killer cell function?

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Involved in destruction of virus infected cells, can recognise and kill abnormal cells

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