Humoral Immunity Flashcards
Antibodies are also called
Immunoglobulins
Function of antibodies
Opsonization pathogen
Neutralized and eliminate pathogen
Majority of mature B cells reside in
Lymphoid follicles of lymph node and spleen
B lymphocyte end goal
Antigen recognition and presentation to T cells
Antibody production
When B and T cells interact with antigen they’re called
Effector cells
Where are antigens in tissues transported and delivered
Transported to blood
Delivered to follicles via lymphatics and conduits
____ captures the antigens and takes them to adjacent follicles in the lymph
Macrophages or Dendritic cells
___ do not need to be processed for B cells to recognize them
antigens
Where does VDJ recombination happen on immunoglobulin/bcell receptor
Fab
First heavy chain of B cells
μ
μ means what immunoglobulin is on the surface of B cells
IgM
What does the light chain provide
κ και λ
B cell receptors can bind to _____ types of antigens
T cell receptors mainly binds to _____
All
Peptides
B cells recognize which antigens the best
Polly: proteins - best
Pockets: polysaccharides
Nose: Nucleic acids
Lips: lipids
Hair: haptens
And Ass: amino acids - worst
Recognition of antigen by surface BCR triggers _____
INTRACELLULAR signaling pathways
Tyrosine kinase
Protein kinase C
Change in gene transcription
What is the first signal for B cells
Antigen binding
What is the purpose of having a second signal for B cell activation
So if B cell does recognize antigen it only gets activated when it needs to not when it binds to any old antigen
Peripheral tolerance
What has to be activated first before second signal is activated
Innate immune response
B cells express ___
CD21 aka complement receptor 2 - CR2)
CD21 recognizes
Complement proteins during complement activation
CD21 associated with ___ virus
Epstein Barr virus
What’s another second signal for B cells
PAMPs binding to TLR
When a B cell is activated what’s next
Clonal selection
a bunch of B cells made that are specific for the pathogen
Antibody secreting B cell is called a
Plasma cell
Why are plasma cells bigger than B cells
Because producing tonnnns of antibody’s
Polysaccharide antigens can engage
Multiple receptors on B cell
Early phase involves Ig_ and is T- _____
M
Independent
Protein antigens
Need T cell help
IgM is a ___ lived antibody and ___ affinity Ab
Short
Low
T cells get ____ from APC
Protein
What does T cell produce during t-dependent B cell activation
Cytokines and CD40 ligand
Activated B cells move towards T cells from a ______
Chemokine gradient
B cells produce _____ during t dependent B cell activation
CD 40
CD40-CD40L interaction stimulates
Antigen specific B cell proliferation and differentiation
Heavy chain isotype switching
affinity maturation
Making memory cells
Antibody secretion
T dependent is ideal b/c
Memory, isotype switching etc.
For B and T cells to come together both cells need to be
Activatec
How is B cell activated by T cells
CD40-CD40L interaction
What activates Tcells
B7-CD28 interaction
Who presents B7
Dendritic cells
Who presents CD28
T cells
What does B7-CD28 interaction do
Enhances T cell proliferation and differentiation
Where do B cells start making antibodies with low affinity
Extrafollicular region
Where does a fully developed humoral immune response occur
Germinal center of B cell