German - B Cell Mediated Immunity Flashcards
What chemokine attracts immature B cells to the HEV?
CCL21
What chemokines attract B cells into lymph nodes?
CCL21
CCL19
What chemokine attract B cells into the primary follicle?
CXCL13
Immature B cells are high in Ig__ and low in Ig__.
Mature B cells are high in Ig__ and low in Ig__.
IgM
IgD
IgD
IgM
T/F - Mature B cells recirculate b/t lymph, blood, and secondary lymph tissues.
TRUE
________ and ________ _________ _________ display antigen to B cells.
Macrophages
Follicular dendritic cells
B cell activation drives what 3 things?
Clonal expansion
Class switching
Somatic hypermutation
________ is bound to _______ in antibody crosslinking.
Antibody
Antigen
Tell me about signal 1: Antibody Crosslinking
Antibody is bound to antigen
Clustering and aggregation
Igalpha and Igbeta signaling
Signal 2: B cell co-receptor signaling does what?
Ensures target is pathogenic
What does signal 2: B cell co-receptor signaling do (detailed)?
Prevent anergy
Distinguishes b/t foreign and self-antigen
Initiates clonal expansion
Co-receptor signals are diverse (Play the “Co-receptor” role)
—CR2, CD19, CD81, complement, TLRs, CD40
What co-receptor signals are b-cell co-receptor complex?
Complement
CR2, CD19, CD81
What co-receptor signal are pattern recognition receptors?
TLRs
What co-receptor signals are CD40?
CD4 T cells
Signal 3 is what?
Cytokine signaling
What is involved with signal 3: cytokine signaling?
Tfh cells are most common source of cytokines during B cell activation
Local cytokines can provide signals in the absence of T cell-mediated activation
What re the 4 roles of cytokine signaling?
Survival and proliferation
Class switching
-Same epitope binding, different heavy chain
Somatic hypermutation
-Increases antibody specificity
Differentiation
-Produces plasma cells and memory B cells
B and T cells form cognate pairs where?
At the follicle boundary
What happens at the primary focus?
Produce IgM expressing plasma cells for several days
NO class-switching or somatic hypermutation
*In the medulla
What happens at the secondary focus?
Enormous proliferation and plasma/memory cell production
-Germinal center
Class switching and somatic hypermutation
Selection of most specific plasma cells
Cognate pairs first form ________.
Centroblasts
- Form germinal center dark zone
- Proliferating source of new B cells
- Create centrocytes
- DO NOT EXPRESS SURFACE IMMUNOGLOBULIN
What do centrocytes do?
Form light zone
Divide slowly
Express surface immunoglobulin
CanNOT class switch or hypermutate
Programmed to die
Interact with follicular dendritic cells
T/F - Class switching and somatic hypermutation improve antibody specificity.
TRUE
What are the 2 antigen types that B cells face?
Thymus-dependent antigen
Thymus-independent antigen
Tell me about thymus-dependent antigen.
- Protein
- Protein-associated antigen
- Th cell interaction required
Tell me about thymus-independent antigen.
- PRR-detected antigen
- Complement-bound antigen