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What are physiological functions of the skin? (9)

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  1. Protection (physical & immune)
  2. Skin microbiome
  3. Thermoregulation
  4. Sensation
  5. Water storage
  6. Absorption
  7. Secretion
  8. Facial expression
  9. Synthesis of vitamin D
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What is the most prominent innate immune cell subset of the skin?

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Mast cells

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Which part of the immune system can the skin be considered to be part of?

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Innate immune system

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What is the sex difference in immunity?

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Androgen signalling in males skews skin immunity towards reduced inflammation
Women are more predisposed to auto-immune disease, but also better protected against infectious disease & tumours

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What is a remarkable property of the skin in regards to its ability to induce an adaptive immune response?

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All cells required to produce an antibody response are present in the skin -> lymph nodes not always necessary

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Why is it important that the skin can quickly produce a humoral immune response without relying on lymph nodes?

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Regulation of skin microbiota

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[Infectious diseases/auto-immune diseases] of the skin usually have more systemic symptoms when compared to the other

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Infectious diseases generally give more systemic symptoms than auto-immune diseases

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How do susceptibility genes influence the chance of leprosy of the skin?

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Genetic predisposition to stronger humoral immunity = higher bacterial load
Genetic predisposition to stronger cellular immunity = lower bacterial load

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Why is cellular immunity important to lower leprosy bacterial load?

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Leprosy = intracellular pathogen

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Why is psoriasis protective for leprosy?

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Psoriasis = overactive cellular immunity

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Which cell type is especially prominent in combating fungal infections of the skin?

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Th17-cells

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Why do anti-IL-17 biologicals cause skin infections?

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They inhibit the Th17 signalling important for preventing fungal disease (mainly Candida)

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Which type of infection is frequently seen in patients using anti-IL-17 biologicals? Why?

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Candida infections -> these biologicals block Th17 function, which is important to prevent fungal infection

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What are essential roles of the skin microbiota? (3)

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  1. Protection against invading pathogens
  2. Education of the immune system
  3. Breakdown of natural products
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True or false: skin microbiota cannot enter hair follicles and glands of the skin

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False; the hair follicles and glands form specific niches for microbiota

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What kind of bioactive molecules are produced by skin commensals? (6)

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  1. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)
  2. Free fatty acids (FFAs)
  3. Structural components
  4. Phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs)
  5. Cell wall components
  6. Antibiotics (produced by fungi)
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What are important functions of the bioactive molecules produced by skin commensals? (3)

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  1. Prevent pathogen invasion
  2. Activate keratinocytes to produce immune factors
  3. Stimulate immune cells native to/passing through the skin
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What are the characteristics of the skin micriobiome environment? (6)

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  1. Low biomass
  2. High lipid
  3. High salt
  4. Dry
  5. Nutrient-poor
  6. pH 5
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What are the characteristics of the gut micriobiome environment? (6)

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  1. High biomass
  2. High saccharide
  3. Low salt
  4. Moist
  5. Nutrient-rich
  6. pH 7
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In which part of the colon is the oxygen tension highest?

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In the crypts

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Skin microbiota in hair follicles [are secluded from the outside environment/intract with the outside environment]

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Skin microbiota in hair follicles have little turnover with the outside world and stay in their specific niche

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Gut microbiota in colonic crypts [are secluded from the outside environment/intract with the outside environment]

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Gut microbiota in the crypts are actively turned over with the lumen

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Which two classes of lipids are produced by the skin?

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  1. Epidermal lipids
  2. Sebaceous lipids
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By which cells/organs are epidermal lipids produced?

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Keratinocytes

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What is an important group of epidermal lipids?
Ceramide
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By which cells/organs are sebaceous lipids produced?
Sebaceous glands
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What are important groups of sebaceous lipids? (2)
1. Squalene 2. Wax esters
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What are the three dominant skin lipids? (3)
1. Cholesterol 2. Triglycerides 3. Free fatty acids
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Where are free fatty acids of the skin produced?
These are produced by skin microbes
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What are the effects of skin lipids on the microbiome?
1. Antimicrobial activity 2. Immunomodulatory effects
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Which protein forms the majority of the skin protein biomass? Where is it found, and what is thought to be its function?
Loricrin (70% of protein biomass of the skin), found in keratinocytes. May have in important barrier function.
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What is the outside structure of Gram- bacteria?
Two lipid layers + peptidoglycan cell wall
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What is a major antigen found on Gram- bacteria? Where is it found?
LPS, found in the outer membrane
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What is the most immunogenic part of LPS?
The O-region
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What is the outside structure of Gram+ bacteria?
Inner lipid bilayer + thick peptidoglycan wall
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True or false: all bacterial species use the same limited group of peptidoglycans
False; peptidoglycans are specific to different species and families
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What is the outside structure of fungi?
Lipid bilayer membrane covered in chitin & β-glycan mesh
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Which 4 types of human skin can be identified? What are examples of locations in which they can be found?
1. Sebaceous (oily) -> forehead 2. Moist -> anteroir antecubital fossa 3. Dry -> volar forearm 4. Foot -> toe web space
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What is the relevance of the different types of human skin to the microbiome composition
Each skin type has a specific microbiome composition
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How can the skin microbiome be identified?
Metagenomic sequencing
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Which two strategies for metagenomic sequencing of the skin microbiome can be used?
1. Amplicon sequencing 2. Whole genome metagenomics
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Which two amplicons can be used for amplicon sequencing of the skin microbiome?
1. 16S rRNA sequencing (bacteria) 2. Internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1)
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Which bacterial (2), epithelial (1) and immunological (2) actions occur in the presence of S. aureus? What does this show?
Bacterial: 1. Production of antibiotics 2. Production of AMPs Epithelium: production of AMPs Immunological: 1. Production of AMPs 2. Production of cytokines for further immune activation Shows crosstalk between the immune system & commensals in case of invading pathogenic bacteria
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What are the major interfaces between mucosal surfaces and the outside world? (3)
1. Intestines 2. Respiratory tract 3. Skin
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Which immunological features are shared by all major interfaces between mucosal surfaces and the outside world? (3)
1. Robust innate defence 2. Presence of high amounts of adaptive immune cells 3. Th17 cells in close apposition to epithelial barriers to act swiftly in case of epithelial breach
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What is the role of Th1 in the defence of musocal surfaces?
Defence against intracellular pathogens
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What is the role of Th2 in the defence of mucosal surfaces?
Defence against extracellular pathogens, mainly bacteria
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What is the role of Th17 in the defence of mucosal surfaces?
Defence against extracellular pathogens, mainly fungi
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What are the results of a disbalance of IL-17?
IL-17 too low = fungal overgrowth IL-17 too high = bacterial overgrowth
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In which inflammatory diseases is the Th17/IL-17 pathway implicated? (6)
1. IBD 2. Arthritis 3. MS 4. Periodontitis 5. Psoriasis 6. Uveitis
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What are characteristics of pathogenic Th17 cells? (2) Which cytokines do they produce? (3)
Characteristics: 1. Presence of Runx1/2 2. Presence of T-bet Cytokines produced: 1. TGF-β3 2. IFN-γ 3. IL-22
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Which cells are capable of producing IL-17? (4)
1. Th17 2. ILCs 3. iNKTs 4. γδ T-cells
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What is the structure of the IL-17 cytokine?
Can exist as homo- and heterodimers of IL-17A and IL-17F: IL-17A/IL-17A IL-17A/IL-17F IL-17F/IL-17F
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Which components make up the IL-17R? (2)
1. IL-17RA 2. IL-17RC
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What is the intracellular signalling pathway of IL-17R activation? (5 steps)
ACT1 -> TRAF6 -> TAK1 -> IKK-complex -> NF-κB
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On which types of cells does IL-17 mostly have effect?
Cells of the non-haematopoietic compartment
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Which groups of genes are regulated by IL-17? (4)
1. Inflammatory cytokines 2. Chemokines 3. AMPs 4. Matrix metalloproteases (MMPs)
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Which tools can be used to target the Th17/IL-17 pathway? (5)
1. IL-17A targeting antibodies 2. IL-17A/IL-17F targeting antibodies 3. IL-17RA targeting antibodies 4. Inhibitors of IL-17R signal transduction 5. Inhibitors of Th17 generation

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