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1
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What is histopathology?

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Examination of tissues

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What is cytopathology?

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Examination of individual cells

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What are the 3 types of tissue samples?

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  1. Biopsies
  2. Resection specimens
  3. Frozen specimens
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What do histopathologists do?

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Examine tissues
- Analyse biopsies, resection specimens, frozen specimens and post-mortems

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5
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What do cytologists do?

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Examine individual cells

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6
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What are the 2 purposes of tissue sections?

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  1. Diagnoses
  2. Determine efficacy of treatment
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What is a biopsy

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Small section of tissue removed from patient

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How are biopsies taken? (5)

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  1. Small section of tissue surgically removed
  2. Preserved in formalin
  3. Embedded in paraffin wax
  4. Microtome slices to thin sections (2-3 micrometres)
  5. Mounted on a slide —> further prep eg. staining —> analysed under microscope
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What solution is used to fix tissues during biopsy and why?

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Formalin

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10
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Why are biopsies embedded in paraffin wax?

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Allow microtome to slice very thing sections

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What is used to obtain think slices from a biopsy?

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Microtome

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What is a microtome?

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Instrument used to cut extremely thin slices (biopsy)

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13
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How can a biopsy be used in cancer diagnosis?

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Diagnose type of cancer

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What is a resection specimen?

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Tissue sample removed during a surgical procedure

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What are resections primarily used for?

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See stage of disease

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16
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What can resection specimens be donated to?

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BioBanks —> research pathology

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What are frozen sections?

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Fresh tissue frozen and analysed during a surgical procedure

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18
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When are frozen sections analysed?

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Whilst a surgical procedure is occurring

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19
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How long do frozen sections take?

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30 mins

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How are frozen sections taken? (3)

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  1. Fresh tissue taken
  2. Cryostat freezes tissue
  3. Tissue cut, mounted and stained —> analysed under microscope
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What machine is used to obtain frozen sections?

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Cryostat

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What are the 2 conditions of the tissue needed for a frozen section?

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  1. Fresh
  2. No preservatives (no formalin used)
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How long do biopsies take?

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2-3 days

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How long do resection sections take?

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5-7 days

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What is a tissue smear?

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Thin layer of tissue/cells spread onto a microscope slide

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26
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What are the 2 modes of cytology analysis?

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  1. Smears
  2. Fine needle aspirate
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What is an aspirate?

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Sample of tissue draw out of body using a needle

28
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How are fine needle aspirates taken?

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Thin, fine needle used to withdraw sample of cells/fluid a mass or lesion

29
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What is the advantage of fine needle aspirates?

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Can reach usually inaccessible tissues without surgery
- eg. Thyroid nodule

30
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What is the disadvantage of fine needle aspirates?

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Looks at isolated cells only —> can’t see tissue architecture

31
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What proportion of pathological diagnoses test use antibody conjugation?

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Over half (53/86)

32
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Which method is most used for pathological diagnosis?

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Conjugation of antibodies

33
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Which 3 dsDNA producing diseases are diagnosed using antibodies and why?

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  1. SLE (lupus)
  2. Sjogren’s syndrome
  3. Rheumatoid arthritis
34
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What is immunohistochemistry?

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Technique used to visualise and identify specific proteins using tagged antibodies (markers)

35
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Where are antibody conjugates binded to?

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Fc region (constant)

36
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What are the 4 antibody conjugates?

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  1. Enzymes
  2. Fluorescent probes
  3. Magnetic beads
  4. Drugs
37
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What are 2 examples of enzyme conjugated antibodies?

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  1. Peroxidase
  2. Alkaline phosphatase
38
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Why do fluorescent probe conjugated antibodies allow for rapid analysis?

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Immediately detected —> don’t need extra step

39
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What is multiplexing?

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Simultaneous analysis of multiple proteins using multiple different antibodies

40
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When is multiplexing used?

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When tissue sample is valuable/difficult to obtain —> get out as much information from single sample as possible

41
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When are magnetic beads used as antibody conjugates?

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Cell type isolation (purification)

42
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How do magnetic beads antibody conjugates allow for cell type isolation?

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  1. Magnetic bead surrounded by antibody
  2. Specific cell type binds to antibodies
  3. Magnet used to attract magnetic beads —> takes antibodies and bound cells with it —> only specific cells towards magnet
43
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What is an example of a magnetic bead conjugated antibody?

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Isolation of T cells from bone marrow using anti-CD3

44
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Why may drugs be conjugated to antibodies?

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Target specific tissues/sites of diease

45
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What is an example of a drug conjugated antibody?

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Kadcyla = anti-HER2 + emtansine
- Anti-HER2 —> binds to HER2 receptors
- Emtansine —> cytotoxic chemical (drugs)
- Used to treat HER2-positive breast cancer

46
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What are the 2 types of antibody detection?

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  1. Direct
  2. Indirect
47
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What is direct antibody detection?

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Detection of antibodies directly in a sample
- Primary antibody binds to antigen —> detected

48
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What is a primary antibody?

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Antibody that directly binds to a specific antigen

49
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What is indirect antibody detection?

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Use of a secondary marked antibody to detect presence of primary antibody
- Primary antibody binds to antigen —> secondary antibody added to bind to primary antibody —> detected

50
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What is a secondary antibody?

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Antibody that binds to primary antibody constant region

51
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What are 3 uses of manufactured antibodies

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  1. Blood group serology
  2. Immunoassays
  3. Immunodiagnosis
52
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What are 3 examples of when antibodies are used for immunodiagnosis?

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  1. See presence of pathogen
  2. See body’s antibody levels —> see if infected
  3. Test for IgE presence —> see if hypersensitivity reaction
53
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What is the ELISA test?

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Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay

54
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What are the 4 steps of the ELISA test?

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  1. Sample adhered to plastic plate
  2. Probe with antibody specific to molecule of interest
  3. If antibodies bind —> enzyme conjugate colours solution
  4. Standard curve used to determine concentration of molecule (colorimetry)
55
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What is flow cytometry?

A

Cells with differently conjugated antibodies analysed via laser beam

56
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What is the use of flow cytometry?

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Immunophenotyping (analyse number of each immune cell present depending on differing surface proteins)

57
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What are the … steps of flow cytometry?

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  1. Antibodies attached to cells
  2. Fluid containing antibody-labelled cells —> single-file stream through laser
  3. Light through cell —> colour and scatter pattern analysed
58
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What is identified via flow cytometry? (2)

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  1. Identity of cell surface molecules (that added antibody is bound to)
  2. Cell size and granularity
    —> Identity of cell
59
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Which properties of the laser beam are used in flow cytometry analysis?

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  1. Colour
  2. Scatter pattern
60
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What are the 5 examples of antibodies used in flow cytometry and what do they detect?

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  1. anti-CD3+ —> all T cells
  2. anti-CD4+ —> Th cells
  3. anti-CD8+ —> Tc cells
  4. anti-CD19+ —> B cells
  5. anti-CD56+ —> NK cells
61
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How can T cells be detected in flow cytometry?

62
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How are Th cells detected in flow cytometry?

63
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How are cytotoxic T cells detected in flow cytometry?

64
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How are B cells detected in flow cytometry?

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anti-CD19+

65
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How are NK cells detected in flow cytometry?

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anti-CD56+

66
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Which type of reaction is flow cytometry usually used to analyse?

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