humoral immunity Flashcards
Phases of humoral immune responses
T-dependent and T-independent antibody responses
types of b cells?
what Ab are produced (G, M, A)? affinity?
effector B-cells?
t dependent only occur with protein antigens
Features of primary and secondary antibody responses lag after immunization peak response Ab isotype Ab affinity
Antigen receptor-mediated signal transduction in B lymphocytes
Ag binds surface bond Ig to, No APC needed
requires a cluster of receptors bound to the Ag to generate response at BCR complex
will result in a phos cascade that expresses TFs to induce gene epression
Role of innate immune signals in B cell activation, receptors involved?
how is BCR activated?
(A) complement receptor (CR2) binding by C3d bound to microbe.
(B) (B) Toll-like receptor (TLR) binding by PAMP.
both can help form receptor clusters to drive b cell activation
Functional consequences of antigen receptor-mediated B cell activation
changes in these cells?: increased expression in what genes? increased what to interact with T cells? increased expression what receptors? how to migrate out? generation of what kind of cells?
consequences of these changes?
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Sequence of events in helper T cell-dependent antibody responses
Antigen presentation by B lymphocytes to helper T cells
Activated T cells that recognize antigen presented on B cells use _____ligand and _______ to activate the B cell
Activated T cells that recognize antigen presented on B cells use CD40 ligand and cytokines to activate the B cell
causes B cell dif and prolif for effector functions
The germinal center reaction
Immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy-chain isotype (class) switching pathways, what signals produce the various Ig?
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principal effector functions of IgM, IgG, IgE, IgA
Mechanism of immunoglobulin heavy-chain isotype switching
repeated exposure to a protein Ag causes creation of what? due to?
Repeated exposure to a protein antigen drives creation of higher affinity antibodies, due to interactions with Tfh
Selection of high-affinity B cells occurs where?
within the germinal centers