Exam I Flashcards
A neutrophil is identified by the expression of ________ on their cell surface.
CD66
What type of cell contains azurophilic granules and secondary granules?
Neutrophils
Which type of cells is identified by the expression of CD14, CD11b, or F4/80?
Macrophages
Which type of signals induce chemotaxis of macrophages towards the site of microbe entry?
SOS (danger) signals such as peptides, complement proteins, cytokines, and N-formyl-methionine
What type of cells are cytokines released from?
Macrophages
What is the function of interferons? What kind of cell are they release from?
Inhibit infection and replication of viruses
NK cells
What is responsible for increasing the temperature during inflammation and inducing acute phase proteins?
Interleukin 1
________ receptors enable macrophages to bind to microorganisms.
Fc
What has to occur before the Fc end on an antibody is exposed to macrophages?
An antibody must bind to an antigen.
The name of the most important complement system receptor that is found on phagocytes is the ________ receptor.
C3b
What are the two killing pathways used by macrophages, neutrophils and monocytes during an innate immune response?
Oxidative Pathway
Non-Oxidative Pathway
The non-oxidative pathway is dependent on __________, while the oxidative pathway is dependent on ____________.
lysosomal toxic substances;
generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen speies( RNS)
What substance sequesters iron thereby inhibiting bacterial growth during phagocytosis?
Lactoferrin
Which cytokine is responsible for the production of NO, which is toxic to microorganisms in the vicinity of phagocytes?
TNFalpha
What do the following have in common? TLR NLR RLR CLR PRGP
These are the five classes of pattern like receptors which recognize PAMPs on microbes invading body.
What type of pattern like receptors is located on the host cell membrane as well as inside the host cell?
Toll like receptors
What are some important TLR? Why
All recognize viruses TLR 3 TLR 7 TLR 8 TLR 9
What is the end results of signaling of Toll like receptors?
Production of proinflammatory cytokines
What are the PRRs called that detect viral RNA and are expressed in the cytoplasm of innate immune cells?
Rig Like Receptors
What type of pattern recognition receptors are expressed on the skin , bone marrow, and intestines of pigs?
PGRP receptors
If serum protein levels change during infections, what is this process called?
Acute Phase Response
Complement system proteins and C-reactive proteins are serum proteins that change in level during infection. What is another name for these proteins? Where are they synthesized?
Acute Phase Response Proteins
Liver
How are acute phase response proteins synthesized?
Proinflammatory cytokines like TNF alpha, IL-1, and IL-6 induced synthesis by acting on hepatocytes in the liver
B cells recognize ________ antigens while T cells recognize _________ antigens.
Extracellular
Intracellular
What does Th and Tc stand for?
Th= Helper T lymphocytes Tc= Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
What makes natural killer cells very different from macrophages
They do not possess receptors that are generated through gene segment rearrangement
These cells originate in the bone marrow, migrate only when there is an inflammatory reaction, and can be found in the blood, spleen, and liver.
NK Cells
The cytokine IFNy is secreted by _________ and is important in the regulation of the _________ response
NK cells
Immune
What is another name for NK cells?
Large Granular Lymphocytes
How do NK cells become lymphokine activated killer cells?
Activated by the cytokines IL-2 and IFNy in vitro
What proteins are highly expressed on highly stressed cells that enable NK cells to recognize them?
MICA
MICB
RAE-1
H60
Activating signals induce the _________ of NK cell target cells while inhibiting signals induce the _________ of these cells.
Killing
Saving
How are normal, healthy cells saved from NK cells?
Their activating signals are blocked by inhibitory signals
If a cell is normal, it will express normal __________ molecules.
MHC class I
What are the NK cell receptors called that recognize MHC class I in humans, pigs, cattle, cats, and dogs?
KIRS
KLR are NK receptors that recognize MHC class I in which species?
Horses
Mice
Rats
What are some important activating receptors on NK cells that bind with ligands on target cells?
NKp46
CD16
NKG2D (KLR)