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German - Tolerance And Transplants Flashcards

1
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3 problems with transplantations?

A

Transplant must perform its fxs

Transplant and recipient health must be maintained

Recipient immune system must not reject the transplant

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What are 2 transplantation types?

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Solid organ

Blood

  • Bone marrow/hematopoietic stem cell
  • Transfusion

Demands exceeds supply, short term survival is good, LT attrition unchanged, not a permanent solution

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What is an autologous transplant?

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Donor and recipient are the same individual

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What is a syngeneic transplant?

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Donor and recipient are genetically identical

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What is an allogeneic transplant?

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Donor and recipient are genetically different but of the same species

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What is an xenogeneic transplant?

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Donor and recipient are of different species

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T/F - Organ rejection limits allogeneic transplant survival.

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TRUE

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What are the three types of organ rejection?

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Hyperacute

Acute

Chronic

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9
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What type of organ rejection is this?

  • Type II hypersensitivity
  • Minutes to hours
  • Blood type alloantibodies
A

Hyperacute

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10
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What type of organ rejection is this?

  • Type IV hypersensitivity
  • CD4 and CD8 T cells
  • HLA mismatches
A

Acute

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What type of organ rejection is this?

  • Type III hypersensitivity
  • Chronic transplant inflammation
A

Chronic

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T/F - Most transplants are allogeneic.

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TRUE

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13
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What is the biggest predictor of transplant success?

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Histocompatibility

  • Blood type
  • HLA major and minor genes

*Donor matching and immunosuppressants improve survival rates

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14
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What is the most common transplantation?

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Blood transfusions

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T/F - Erythrocytes do not express MHC I or II.

-So, no HLA matching

A

TRUE

  • Blood type and rhesus D antigens matched
  • Leukocytes removed from blood fractions
  • Leukocyte transfusions rarely performed
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What are the 3 parts of blood commonly transfused?

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Erythrocytes

Plasma - Water, protein (albumin and Ig), orgos, inorgos

Platelets - Clotting factors

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17
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What determines blood type and transfusion success?

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ABO antigens

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18
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What is the universal donor and why?

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O-

O has no oligosaccharides, but both antibodies in plasma, and the Rh- factor means the Rhesus factor is NOT present

19
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What is the universal recipient and why?

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AB+

It has no antibodies and both oligosaccharides (A and B) and the Rhesus factor
-So, no matter the antibodies on the blood given, it will be fine, and if the transplanted blood is Rh+, then great, if Rh-, it doesn’t matter anyway

20
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What is encoded by HLA genes?

A

MHC I and MHC II - Major

NK cell stress ligands - Minor

21
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T/F - Some transplants can be done from live, healthy donors.

What are they?

A

TRUE

Kidney
Liver

22
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T/F - Transplant and recipient are in a state of inflammation.

23
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Tell me the degree of match req’d for the following tissues:

Cornea?

Liver?

Kidney?

A

Cornea - No matching or immunosuppression

Liver - Only blood type needs to match

Kidney - HLA and blood type need to match

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____________ blood type antibodies cause hyperacute rejection.

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Pre-existing

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Tell me about hyperacute rejection.
ABO and Rh factor incompatibility Pre-existing anti-HLA class I antibodies Type II hypersensitivity Occurs w/in minutes Irreversible organ loss
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Tell me the process of hyperacute rejection.
Healthy kidney grafted into pt w/ kidney failure and preexisting antibodies against donor blood group antigens Antibodies against donor blood group antigens bind vascular endothelium graft, initiating an inflammatory response that occluded blood vessels Graft become engorged and purple-colored b/c of hemorrhage Graft failure
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Direct and indirect ________________ leads to graft rejection.
Allorecognition * Acute rejection - Direct allorecognition* - CD4/CD8 mediated - Type IV * Chronic rejection - Indirect allorecognition* - Antibody mediated - Type III HLA class I and II antigens Minor HLA antigens
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What causes acute rejection?
Direct allorecognition
29
Tell me about allorecognition.
Kidney graft with dendritic cells DCs migrate to the spleen and activate effector T cells Effector T cells migrate to graft via blood Graft destroyed by effector T cells *Transplant dendritic cells activate recipient T cells, direct MHC interaction, days to weeks, type IV hypersensitivity*
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______ ______ activates T cells directly.
Allogeneic MHC - Direct recognition of foreign MHC - MHC structural difference - Peptide largely irrelevant - Activated transplant DCs express B7 - CD8 and CD4 Th1 response
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What causes chronic rejection?
Antibodies against transplant MHC I
32
Tell me about chronic rejection.
Type III hypersensitivity Chronic inflammation Progressive loss of blood and nutrient supply Years
33
Bone marrow/hematopoietic stem cell transplantations __________ the blood system.
Reset Can treat blood diseases Myeloid and lymphoid cancers Autogeneic and allogeneic Large donor pool
34
What is one cause of GVHD (Graft vs host disease)?
Hematopoietic transplants
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What is GVHD?
Transplant adaptive immune cells target and kill recipient tissues - GI, liver, and skin problems most pronounced - Can be beneficial in fighting cancers
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Donor __ _______ cause acute GVHD.
T cells
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________ ____ ______ can kill recipient leukemia.
Alloreactive NK cells
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T/F - Donor and recipient MUST share some HLA class I and II haplotypes. Why?
TRUE *If not, then antigen won’t be presented properly, and this results to no adaptive immune response*
39
___________ suppress NF-kappaB transcriptional activity?
Corticosteroids
40
Tell me more about corticosteroids suppressing NF-kappaB transcriptional activity.
Immunosuppressants PREDNISOLONE is the active compound Increase in IkappaBalpha production blocks NF-kappaB fx Broad activity Non-specific Many adverse side-effects
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Immunosuppression targets what?
T cell activation 3 signals - Activation - Survival - Proliferation
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_________ and ________ inhibit T cell activation.
Cyclosporin Tacrolimus
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Belatacept and Anti-CD25 prevent what?
T cell survival and proliferation

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