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Foundations in Immunology 1 Flashcards

1
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What are pathogens?

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Any microorganism that causes harm

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What are examples of pathogens?

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Virus

Protozoa

Bacteria

Fungi

Parasite

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What is self tolerence?

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The bodies immune defences not attacking tissue that carry a self marker

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What is the first form of immunological defence?

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Physical barriers

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What are examples of physical barriers?

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Skin

Mucosal barrier (reproductory, respiratory, digestive tract)

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6
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What produces mucus?

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Goblet cells

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7
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What does mucus do?

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Prevents the attachment of pathogens

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What does mucus contain?

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Antimicrobial enzymes that destroy pathogens

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What are examples of the enzyme contained in mucus that destroys pathogens?

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Growth inhibitors

Enzyme inhibitors

Lysine

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10
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What does mucus contain other than enzymes?

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Immunoglobins (Ab) which help to destroy pathogens

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What are the two components of the immune system?

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Innate immune system

Adaptive immune system

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What are some properties of the innate immune system?

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Exists from birth

Non specific

First to respond

Same response every time, no immunological memory

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What are some properties of the adaptive immune system?

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Highly specific

Immunological memory

Antibody production

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When is the adaptive immune system called?

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When the innate immune system cannot deal with the threat on its own

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What is the cellular and chemical barrier of the innate immune system?

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Skin

Mucosal epithelia

Antimicrobial chemicals

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What is the blood protein of the innate immune system?

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Compliment

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What cells are involved in the innate immune system?

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Phagocytes (macrophages, neutrophils)

Natural killer cells

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What are the cellular and chemical barriers of the adaptive immune system?

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Lymphocytes

Antobodies secretion

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What is the blood protein of the adaptive immune system?

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Antibodies

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20
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What cells are involved in the adaptive immune system?

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Lymphocytes

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How does the innate and adaptive immune system work together?

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  1. Dendritic cells mature and carries microbial antigen to local lymph node (innate)
  2. Becoming an antigen presenting cell (innate)
  3. Activates T cells to respond (adaptive)
  4. T cells go to the site of infection (adaptive)
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What does the innate immune system cause an influx of at the site of infection?

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Macrophages which perform phagocytosis

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What is the process of phagocytosis?

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  1. Engulfs bacterium
  2. Forming a phagosome
  3. Fuses with a lysosome which contains enzymes that kill the bacteria
  4. Discharge of waste material
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24
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Where do immune cells develop?

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Bone marow

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25
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What are the 4 effector T cells?

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Th1

Th2

Th12

Tfh

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What does Th1 target?

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Marcrophages

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27
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What does Th2 target?

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Eosinophils

28
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What does Th12 target?

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Neutrophils

29
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What does Tfh target?

30
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What do effector T cells do to their targets?

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Activate their targets

31
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What is the relationship between manocytes and macrophages?

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Manocytes are in the blood, once they enter connective tissue they differentiate into macrophages

32
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What do macrophases do?

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Give of chemical messanges which:

Restrict blood flow away from the site

Cause swelling to allow more immune cells to help

Produce cytokines to alert other cells and induce travel to the site

33
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What do neutrophiles do?

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Only perform phagocytosis, being activated when they enter the tissue

34
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How long do neutrophils survive for in the blood and in the tissue?

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6 hours in the blood

5 days in the tissue

35
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What happens at the end of a neutrophils life?

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They undergo apoptosis

36
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What do eosinophiles do?

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Combat pathogens with granules of enzymes

37
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What kind of infection do eosinophiles usually combat?

38
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What kind of immune cells controls the mechanisms associated with asthma and allergies?

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Eosinophile

39
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Where are eusinophiles found?

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Thymus

Lower GI tract

Spleen

Ovary

Uteris

Lymph node

40
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Where are eusinophiles not found?

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Lungs

Skin

Esophagus

41
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What do mast cells do?

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Contain granules which have active chemicals that it dumps into the parasit and kills it

42
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What could mast cells cause to the host?

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An allergic reaction

43
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What is the function of barophil?

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Unknown, but they are found in parasitic infection

They contains granules of histamine

44
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What are the two ways natural killer cells can kill?

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Make hole in target and secrete enzymes into pore inducing suicide

Interact with Fas on the target cells creating a suicide signal

45
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Where are natural killer cells found?

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In the spleen and the bloodstream

46
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What can natural killer cells kill?

A

Tumour cells

Virus infected cells

Bacteria

Parasites

Fungi

47
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How do natural killer cells decide to kill or not?

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By binding to inhibitory (MHC1) receptor or activating receptor

48
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What inhibitory receptor tells natural killer cells not to kill?

49
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Can natural killer cells kill viruses?

A

No, they replicate to quickly for natural killer cells to keep up

50
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What are some non-specific humoral factors within body fluids with protective functions?

A

Growth inhibitors

Enzyme inhibitors

Lysins

Compliment protein

51
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What does the compliment system bridge the gap between?

A

The innate and adaptive immune systems

52
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How many proteins is the compliment system composed of?

53
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What are the 3 activation pathways of the compliment system?

A

Classical

Alternative

Lectin

54
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Which of the 3 compliment mechanisms are innate and adaptive?

A

Alternative and lectin are effecter mechanisms of the innate system and classical is of the adaptive immune system

55
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What is the process of the compliment system?

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  1. Binding of compliment protein to microbial cells or antibody
  2. Formation of C3 complex
  3. Cleavage of C3
  4. Formation of C5 convertase
56
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What is the central event in the compliment pathway?

A

Proteolysis of protein C3 which is the most abundent compliment protein

57
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What are the safeguards in place to stop the compliment system from attacking our own cells?

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Protein on surface of cells Decay Accerleration Factor (DAF) accerlerates the breakdown of C3bBb

C3b clipped to an inactive form by protein in the blood

58
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What are functions of the compliment system?

A

Induce lysis of microbes (MAC)

Promotes phagocystosis of microbes (opsonisation)

Stimulates inflammation (activates amst cells and neutrophils)

Stimulates attraction of B cells and antibody production

59
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What are cytokines?

A

Chemical messengers used by cells to communicate with other cells

60
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What are the different kinds of cytokine actions?

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Autocine (on self)

Paracrine (nearby cells)

Endocrine (distant cells)

61
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When does the inflammatory response happen?

A

When tissues are injured

62
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Why does the inflammatory response happen?

A

Damaged cells release chemicals that cause blood veseels to leak into tissues

63
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What are the classifications of the inflammatory response?

A

Acute inflammation

Chronic inflammation

64
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What is acute inflammation?

A

Initial response to harmful stimuli

65
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What is chronic inflammation?

A

Progressive shift in type of cells at site of inflammation, simutanous destruction and healing of tissue

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