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Diseases Flashcards

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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CO has a 250 fold greater affinity for Hb than O2

Treated through 100% or hyperbaric O2

Histidine is the AA that prevents CO binding normally

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Diabetes and Hb

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Diabetes patients have a 3 fold higher [HbAc]

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Sickle Cell Anemia

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HbS 6Glu to Val
HbC 6Glu to Lys
Autosomal Recessive
Deoxy >sickling >V.O >Hemolysis >local ischemia, necrosis

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Sickle Cell Treatment

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HbF transfusion or Hydroxyurea
Butyrate 
Bone marrow therapy
Stem cell therapy
Gene therapy-CRISPR
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Methemoglobinemia

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Non-functional oxidized Hb

Induced by antibiotics, mutations (Hyde Park), and Inheritence

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Dyskeratosis Congenital

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Reduced Telomerase Activity
Affects cells in highly proliferative tissues
-hair
-skin
-bone marrow progenitor cells»death to to failure to produce

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Hutchinson Gilford Progeria

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Decreased telomere activity

Advanced aging, die of MI before 20

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Werners Syndrome

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Mutation in WRN gene coding for Helicase involved in BER
Premature aging
Genetic instability

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Xeromenta Pigmentosum (XP)

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Inherited defects in GG-NER pathway
Extreme UV sensitivity, skin cancer
Mutations in XPE, XPC, XPD, XPA

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Cockayne Syndrome

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Inherited defect causing mutation in the TC-NER pathway
Neurological, developmental issues
Mutation in CSA, CSB
Sun sensitive, but no cancer

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Ataxia Occulomotor Apraxia (AOA1)

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Autosomal recessive
Caused by defect (mutation) in SSB repair at APTX gene
Looks like AT without immune issues and telangiesta
Neuropathy including movement and vision

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Ataxia Telegiectasia (AT)

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Autosomal Recessive
Immune deficiencies
Issue in DSB repair which causes ATM deficiency

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Sideroblastic Anemia

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Hypochromism
Microcytism
Sideroblasts-excessive Fe in mitochondria

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Lead Poisoning

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Inhibits ALAD, Ferrochelatase, Pyrimidine 5’ Nucleotidase
Gingival and long bone lead line
ALA, ZPP accumulation, basophilic stippling

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Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)

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Defect in PBGD
Due to 4 M's
Neurovisceral symptoms 
Decrease [heme]
PBG > porobilin > port wine urine
Need glucose, heme/hematin
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Porphyria Cutea Tarda (PCT)

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Most common
Defect in UROD
Alcohol, Hep B/C, HIV, sunlight, Hepatic Fe overload
Present bullae, sclerodermoid plaque on scalp
Coral fluorescence of urine, UROD assay
Remove environmental exposures, sunscreen, phlebotomy, Fe chelation

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Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP)

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Ferrochelatase mutation
Autosomal dominant
Cutaneous photosensitive
Chronic liver disease later in life

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Rhett Syndrome

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Autism spectrum disorder
Gene mutation
MECP2 mutation

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Prayer-Willi Syndrome

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Mental retardation

Hyperphagia

20
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Angelman Syndrome

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Excessive Laughter
Seizures
Mental Retardation

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A-Thalassemia (aa–)

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Trait
Mild anemia
Microcytosis

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A-Thalassemia (a—)

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HbH (B4) disease

Moderately sever, hemolytic anemia

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A-Thalassemia (—-)

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Bart’s Disease (y4)
Hydros fetalis
Death

24
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A-Thalassemia causes

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Deletion on A-globin genes

LCR deletions

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B-Thalassemia causes

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Substitutions
B0-so little B that A is gone too
B+- some Hb A is detectable
Point mutations, RNA splicing mutations, end cap mutations, AAA tail

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DB0-Thalassemia

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Disruption of y to B production

High amount of fetal hemoglobin

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B+ Thalassemias

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Promoter mutants
End cap mutations
Synonymous mutations
AAA tail mutations

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B0 Thalassemias

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Deletions
Splicing defects
Nonsense mutations

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Cystic Fibrosis

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Mutation in CTFR 508

Causes proteins to fold too slowly, thus getting degraded

30
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Amyloid Diseases

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Normal proteins unfold and make insoluble aggregates

Form neurotoxin plaques

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Alzheimer’s disease

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Abhorrent AB plaques aggregates

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Lou Gehrigs Disease (ALS)

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Aggregation of SOD and other proteins

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Prion Disease

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Converts wild type protein into prion

Transmissible

34
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Trinucleotide Expansion Disease

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CAG (glutamine) repeats cause unchecked expansion and aggregate

  • Huntingtons
  • Machado Joseph
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HPV

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E6 binds p53 to E2/3 and marks it with Ub

P53 is a DNA repair enzyme

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Von Hippel Lindau Tumor

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Mutation in VDU or VHL leads to the loss of degradation of Hif1a, which in turn puts cellular metabolism in a hypoxia state. This leads to undue proliferation.

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MSI Detection

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PCR using MSI markers

Immunohistochemistry

Biomedical Sciences (4 decks)

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