HISTORY Flashcards

1
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IMMUNOLOGY

A
  • study of our IMMUNE SYSTEM

- Study of host’s reactions when foreign antigens are INTRODUCED to the body

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2
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Smallpox vaccine;

observed milkmaids

A

Edward Jenner (1798)

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3
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founder of immunity

attenuation of Rabies (1885)

A

Louis Pasteur (1868)

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4
Q

“vaccinia”

A

cowpox

*vacc = vacca = baka

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5
Q

“variola”

A

smallpox

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6
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Phagocytosis

cellular theory of immunity

A

Elli Metchnikoff (1880 - 1900)

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7
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complement fixation

A

Bordet and Gengou (1901)

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8
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Grabar and Williams (1952 - 1953)

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immunoelectrophoresis in gel analysis

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9
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template theory of antibody production

A
Friedrich Brent/ 
Felix Haurowitz (1930)
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10
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Clonal Selection Theory

A

Niels Jerne/ Frank Burnet (1955 - 1957)

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11
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Histocompatibility Complex

A

Dausset/Rapoport (1958)

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12
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Milstein and Kohler (1973)

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Hybridoma for the production of Monoclonal Antibodies

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13
Q

Chinese practice of inhaling powder (smallpox scabs)

  • “exposing”
  • some people develop the dse.
  • also used in TB and Syphilis
A

Variolation

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14
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exact antibody binding site

A

Epitope

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15
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occurs when an antibody reacts with antigen that is structurally similar to the original antigen

  • the Ag has the same binding site
A

Cross reactivity

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16
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eradication of smallpox, no cases since_____

A

1977

17
Q

parasite near in eradication

A

Dracunculus medinensis

  • “Dragonomous/fiery serpent”
  • causing you to “burn” alive
18
Q

stocks of Variola virus for research found in?

A

1) CDC - Atlanta, Georgia

2) VECTOR Institute - Koltsovo, Russia

19
Q

Make a pathogen less virulent

A

Attenuation

20
Q

Diptheria and tetanus toxin

A

Emil von Behring

21
Q

Opsonins

A

Almroth Wright

22
Q
  • immunized rabbit with haptens
  • three dimensional configuration
  • ABO blood group
A

Karl Landsteiner

23
Q

designed to keep microorganisms from entering the body

A

Anatomical barriers

24
Q

Humoral includes

A

APRs, Interferons A & B, Defensins, Complement proteins

25
Q

basophils and mast cells are differentiated by

A

GRANULE CONTENT

26
Q

Father of Immunology

A

Louis Pasteur

27
Q

weakened live pathogens

A

Attenuated vaccine

28
Q

killed microorganisms

A

Inactivated vaccine

29
Q

tetanus is what type of vaccine

A

toxoid

30
Q

other person who is said to have discovered Phagocytosis in 1798

A

Haeckel

31
Q

T cell receptor gene year of discovery

A

1984

32
Q

Complement

A

Jules Bordet

33
Q

book of Karl Landsteiner

A

SSR = specificity of serological reaction

34
Q

ABO blood group discovery

A

Karl Landsteiner

35
Q

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

A

Rosalyn Yallow

36
Q

Structure of antibodies

A

Gerald Edelman & Rodney Porter

37
Q

Antibody diversity

A

Susumu Tonegawa

38
Q

one agent produces protection against another agent is known as

A

Cross-immunity

39
Q

Cross-immunity is discovered by

A

Edward Jenner