Exam 2: Week 7 Flashcards
10 cells involved in immunity that were highlighted in lecture
- Pathogen
- Macrophage
- Antigen Presenting Cell
- T-Helper Cell
- Interleukin 1
- Interleukin 2
- Cytotoxic T-cell
- B-cells
- Memory B-cells
- Antibody Replacing Plasma Cells
What is immunology?
Study of the mechanisms that allow the body to recognize a material as foreign and neutralize it
Why is immunity important?
What happens if it doesn’t work?
- Protects the body from infection and disease
- Failure results in localized or systemic infection or disease
4 types of immunity
- Innate- natural or native
- Acquired- adaptive or specific
- Active acquired- antigen present in host, naturally or by vaccination
- Passive acquired- antibodies transferred from another ie. Mother to baby, immunoglobulin (IVIG)
Which type of immunity is the body’s first line of defense?
describe (2)
Innate
- Bodies first line of defense against pathogen- inflammatory response
- Phagocytic cell release, inflammatory mediators, NK cells- non-specific response with no memory created
What are 2 important qualities of acquired immunity?
- Specificity- recognize and destroy foreign objects while preventing proliferation
- Memory- same invader enters the body the response is ready with a more rapid and stronger reaction
How long does active acquired immunity last?
Most cases last a lifetime or booster may be required
How long does passive acquired immunty typically last?
temporary
What is an antigen?
Foreign substance that enters the body-
such as bacteria, virus, parasite, etc.
What is an epitope?
Subunit of an antigen
•create antigen response with antibody
Factors that can affect immunity (13)
- Aging
- Nutrition
- Environmental pollution
- Trauma or illness
- Medications
- Spleen function
- Stress
- Psychosocial factors
- Burns
- Surgery
- Socioeconomic status
- Spirituality
- Exercise
What is the first and most important thing that immune cells (such as T-cells) must be able to do?
Be able to recognize self
What is so special about cell markers? (3)
- Cell markers unique to individual antigen
- Cell markers determine which antigen to respond to and how strong
- Cell markers allow communication between immune cells
What is the purpose of phagocytes? What cells are primarily phagocytes?
- Ingest and kill microorganisms
- Neutrophils and monocytes are primary
What cells are considered granulocytes and why?
Leukocytes or WBC’s- because of appearance
5 types of whte blood cells important to immunity in the order of their population size
- Neutrophils
- Lymphocytes
- Monocytes
- Eosinophils
- Basophils
Never Let Monkeys Eat Bananas
What do neutrophils do?
kill antigen by ingesting then die and form pus
Why do I care about Lymphocytes?
They make up the T-cells and B-cells
What do Monocytes do? (2)
- They turn to macrophages and engulf debris and injured bacteria
- Present material (epitope) of pathogen to lymphocyte or helper cell
What do eosinophils do? (2)
Where are they produced?
- Produced in bone marrow, they release contents of granules to kill organisms
- Present for allergen and parasites specifically or for large organisms
What do basophils do? (2)
- Found in stem cells, they work with Mast cells (contain histamine)
- Vasodilation and increased blood flow delivering primary phagocytes
How are erythrocytes and platelets involved in innate immunity?
Play a role in clearance of byproducts
Pathogen
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- Microorganism that comes from outside the host. Can be a virus, bacteria, fungi, ect.
- To search and destroy (basically)
Macrophage
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- Come from Monocytes which are produced in bone marrow
- Macrophages are attracted to site of injury by chemotatic factors released by neutrophils. They eventually take over for neutrophils and kick some ass by cleaning up site through phagocytosis, promoting angiogenesis, and releasing cytokines, and growth factors which all eventually lead to renewal of the injured area
Antigen Presenting Cell (APC)
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- Well….they don’t really come from any one place and several different types of cells can take the role of APC such as dendritic cells and some types of B cell.
- These cells take the antigens in via phagocytosis or by receptor-mediated endocytosis. Then the antigens are processed and displayed on the APCs like a hood ornament.
- What may be more imprtant to know is where are they going? They travel in the lymph system and gather in the lymph nodes to talk to the T-cells to say “Hey, check out this antigen! Their crew is invading us and we need you to fight them!” If APC did not do this, the T-cells would have no clue.
T-Helper Cell
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- Born in bone marrow but raised in the thymus, thus it’s name T-cell. Most of them graduate and then move on to the lymph system (there is a much longer answer that is stupidly dense and complicated).
- Get the covert messages from APCs and acts as the alarm system for the immune system kind of like Paul Revere. Release cytokines to spread message. Helper T-cells help the activity of other immune cells by releasing T cell cytokines
Interleukin 1
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- derived primarily from macrophages
- Activate monocytes, other macrophages, and lymphocytes (innate AND acquired immune systems). Acts as a growth factor for some cells. Encourges neutrophils to proliferate. Acts on receptors in hypthalmus and is ultimately responsible for fevers.
Interleukin 2
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- a type of cytokine signaling molecule in the immune system secreted by T-cells
- stimulates proliferation of T-lymphocytes. Promotes the differentiation of T cells into effector T cells and into memory T cells
Cytotoxic T Cell
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- Born and mature in the thymus, thus it’s name T-cell.
- Attack and destroy cells that have been infultrated by the antigens (or abnormal cells such as cancer)
B Cells
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- a type of lymphocyte born and raised in bone marrow thus it is called a B cell. They graduate and hang in the lymph system.
- Function in the humoral immunity component of the adaptive immune system by secreting antibodies.They can also act as antigen-presenting cells and secrete cytokines.
Memory B Cells
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- Memory B cells develop from B cells thus they have the same hometown- bone marrow
- Their function is to circulate through the body and initiate a stronger, more rapid antibody response (known as the secondary antibody response)
Antibody Replacing Plasma Cell
Where does it come from?
What is it’s purpose?
- AKA Plasma cells
- Formed from normal B cells
- Produces and secretes into body fluids a specific antibody to a corresponding specific antigen
List the functions of the complement system (5)
- Vasodilation to increase blood flow to the injured area
- Facilitates movement of leukocytes to the are via chemotaxis
- Coats surface of antigen to make it vulnerable to phagocytosis- opsonization
- Formation of a cyst or tubercle walling off infection from the body
- Formation of a membrane attack complex (MAC)- creates a pore in the cell of antigen to allow Na+ and fluid to enter the cell leading to cell lysis
What are cytokines?
Short answer- messengers
Long answer- Biologic Response Modifiers: involved in immune response and communication with other body systems
What are interferons and what do they do?
- Type of cytokine (TNF, Interleukin, etc.)
- Provide direct defense. When a virus infects cell, gene within cell produces interferons, coating of surrounding cells to prevent spreading of the virus, contain the tumor.
When the alarm is sounded for the body to start the inflammatory process, what do T-cells and B-cells do? (3 points)
- T and B cells migrate in the blood and lymph throughout the entire body in 30 minutes
- Specific antibodies for specific antigen; Like police officers looking for specific criminals
- Antigen-specific T or B cells bind to an antigen and initiate immune response which get the immunoglobulins, antibodies, regulatory and suppressor T-cells, and cytokines moving into action
Two types of acquired immunity
- humeral immunity
- cell-mediated immunity
What is humeral immunity?
the aspect of immunity that is mediated by macromolecules (as opposed to cell-mediated immunity) found in extracellular fluids such as secreted antibodies, complement proteins and certain antimicrobial peptides.