Gut Health/immune Flashcards
70 percent of immune system resides in
Gastrointestinal tract
80 percent of _ reside in gastrointestinal tract
IgA
igA is
Antibody-producing plasma cells
Why gut has most immune
Part of body comes in contact with most external elements
Immune cells are able to distinguish harmful stuff from (2)
Nutrients in food
Beneficial stuff
Seeding gut microbiome in stimulating expansion of
Immune cells
First way seeding babies gut stimulates immune cells
Proper functioning of antibody secretion
Second way seeding babies guts help immune cells
Stimulate balance between two groups of T helper cells
T helper cells are white blood cells that
Activate most other immune cells
2 groups of t helper cells
Th1
Th2
We are born with more (th1 or th2)?
Th2
To bring balance of Th1 and Th2, babies need exposure to
Bring Th1 in
Failure to bring Th1/Th2 linked to development of
Allergies
Link between allergies, autoimmune disease, and _ are complex
Immune system
On allergies, immune system recognizes _ as harmful
Harmless non-invaders
In auto immune disease such as _ body attacks its own tissue (2)
Rheumatoid arthritis
Celiac
Immune system centers of gut are part of _ system (associated lymphoid tissue)
Lymphatic
The immune system of gut are also part of a wider network of
Lymphoid tissue
Larger network of lymphoid tissue that immune system takes on include (3)
Nasal area
Skin
Lungs
Gut, nasal area, skin, lungs immune tissue known as
ALT
ALT stands for
Associated lymphoid tissue
SALT stands for
Skin associated lymphoid tissue
SALT sits just below
The skin
SALT is not a part of
Mucous membrane
NALT acronym
Nasal-associated lymphoid tissue
NALT protects against airborne pathogens in
Nose and throat area
Part of NALT includes A
Adenoids
Part of NALT includes T
Tonsils
Part of NALT includes upper _ membranes
Respiratory mucous
BALT stands for
Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue
BALT protects
Air passage of the lungs
BALT includes lower _ membranes
Respiratory mucous
BALT include
Bronchial patches
GALT acronym
Gut-associated lymphoid tissue
Gut immune cells are found in
Mucous membrane throughout intestine
Gut immune cells are also found in more collected areas such as (2)
Peter’s patch
Appendix
Part of GALT
Urogenital mucous membranes
Breastfeeding babies pick up microbes from mother’s
Skin
Breastfeeding babies pick up bacteria from
Mother’s gut
Breastfeeding babies pick up _ designed to feed microbiome
Sugars
Don’t be to paranoid about cleaning because
Microbes picked up by domestic dirt