Final: Lecture 18 Flashcards
Acquired Immunity
- Develops in response to antigens
- More powerful than innate immunity
- Takes longer to develop
- Displays specificity and memory
Innate Immunity
- Lacks immune specificty and memory, what you’re born with
- Response = Inflammation
- Neutrophils are the first responders
Lymphoid tissue
•Appears in body as a gradient from diffuse lymphoid tissue to aggregated lymphoid tissue to lymphoid organs
Passive immunity
•Temporary immunity due to dontated antibodies (i.e. transplacental passing of maternal antibodies to fetus)
Active immunity
•Long-lasting/permanent immunity due to self exposure to antigen resulting in memory T cells and B cells specific for antigen
Lymphoid organs
- Primary: thymus and bone marrow
* Secondary: lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils
__________ originate in primary lymphoid organs and then take up residence in secondary lymphoid organs.
•Lymphocytes
Lyphopoiesis
- All immune system cells originate in bone marrow
- Immature T cells travel to thymus
- B-cells travel to specific regions in lymphoid tissue
Antibodies (Immunoglobulins)
- 5 classes: IgA, D, G, M, and E
- Light and heavy chains
- Highly variable regions: fab fragment, recognizes antigen
- Less variable regions: Fc fragment, binds antibody to cells
IgA
•Found in saliva, milk, GU and respiratory tracts
IgD
•Found on surface of B cells traveling to lymphoid organs
IgG
- Major Ig in blood
* Responsible for most antibody activity, only one capable of crossing the placenta
IgE
•Associated with allergic responses
IgM
•First antibody class expressed by developing B cells
B cells
- Maturation involves the appearance of certain cell surface receptors
- IgM and IgD, MHC class II proteins, complement receptors, Ig Fc receptors
Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Function: Main function of MHC gene products is the presentation of antigenic peptides to T cells
- MHC 1: Expressed on the surface of all cells except trophoblasts and RBC
- MHC II: Expressed on the surface of B cells and antigen-presenting cells
CD8+ T cells recognize _____ _____ of foreign proteins bound to MHC class I on the surface of cells.
- Peptide fragments
- CD8 member of the Ig superfamily
- Both the CD8 and T cell antigen receptor are required for the binding of MHC class I protein fragments
CD4+ T cells also recognize ____ ______ of foreign proteins bound to MHC class proteins on surface of ___.
- Peptide fragments
* APCs
T cells
- Pre-T cells develop in bone marrow
- Travel to thymus and complete maturation
- CD4+ T cells: recognize antigens bound to MHC class II molecules
- Helper cells: assist CD8+ cell differentiation, assist B cell differentiation
CD8+ T cells
- Cytolytic T cells (kills cells)
- Bind to an antigen presenting cell, undergo mitosis
- Release perforins and Fas ligand
- Recognize antigens bound to MHC class I molecules
- Mediators of cellular immunity
CD16+ T cells
- Natural killer (NK) T cells
- Activated (by tumor cell antigens) T-helper cells release cytokines: Interleukin-2, Interferon-gamma, Macrophage activating factor (MAF), chemotactic factor, tumor necrosis factor
Interleukin-2
•Stimulates proliferation of NK cells
Interferon-y
•Activates NK cells
MAF
•Activates macrophages
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-ß)
•Kills tumor cells directly