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Immediate Immunity: Barriers and Soluble Effectors I Flashcards

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What is innate immunity?

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A generalized host defense mechanism that continuously acts from the start of an infection and does not adapt to a specific pathogen or generate immunologic memory

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What are the two components of the innate system?

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  1. Immediate

2. Induced

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What are the 2 components of Immediate innate immunity?

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  1. Barriers

2. Soluble Effectors

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What are the types of Barriers in Immediate induced Immunity?

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  1. Mechanical
  2. Chemical
  3. Microbiological
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What are the soluble effectors of Immediate innate immunity?

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  1. Complement

2. Antimicrobial Peptides

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What are the 2 components of Induced innate immunity?

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  1. Cells

2. Cytokines

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What are the cells of induced innate immunity?

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  1. Neutrophils
  2. Monocytes
  3. Macrophages
  4. Dendritic cells
  5. NK cells
  6. Mast cells
  7. Eosinophils
  8. Basophils
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What are the cytokines in induced innate immunity?

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  1. Interleukins
  2. Chemokines
  3. Growth Factors
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Innate immunity is a system of _______ _______

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Pattern recognition

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10
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Types and composition of extracellular and cell surface _______, _________, and ______ activate specific immune respones

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  1. Proteins
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Lipids
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What are effector processes?

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The things that kill pathogens and cells

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What are 2 classes of molecular patterns/

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  1. Pathogen Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs)

2. Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs)

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Name 4 things involved in the PAMPs

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  1. Lipopolysaccharide
  2. Flagellin
  3. Mannose sugars
  4. Unmethylated CPG DNA
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Name 3 things involved with the DAMPs

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  1. Heath shock proteins
  2. Fibronectin
  3. Chromatin
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What are the mechanical components of the skin that make it a barrier?

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  1. Epithelial cells joined by tight junctions

2. Longitudial flow of air or fluid

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What are the Chemical aspects of the skin as a barrier?

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  1. Fatty Acids

2. Beta-defensins, Lamellar bodies, Cathelicidin

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What are the microbiological aspects of the skin as a barrier?

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Normal microbiota

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What are the mechanical aspects of the gut as a barrier?

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  1. Epithelial cells joined by tight junctions

2. Longitudinal flow of air or fluid

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What are the chemical aspects of the gut as a barrier?

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  1. Low pH
  2. Enzymes (pepsin
  3. Alpha-defensins (cryptdins)
  4. RegIII (lecticidins)
  5. Cathelicidin
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What are the Microbiological barrier aspects of the gut?

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Normal Microbiota

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What are the mechanical barriers of the lungs?

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  1. Epithelial cells joined by tight junctions

2. movement of mucus by cilia

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What are the chemical barriers of the lung?

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  1. Pulmonary surfactant
  2. Alpha-defensins
  3. Cathelicidin
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What are the Microbiological barriers of the lung?

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Normal Microbiota

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What does opsonization mean?

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Basically to be covered and coated

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What are the mechanical barriers of the Eyes, nose, and oral cavity?

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  1. Epithelial cells joined by tight junctions

2. Tears and Nasal Cilia

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What are the chemical barriers of the eyes, nose, and oral cavity?

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  1. Enzymes in tears and saliva (lysozome)
  2. Histatins
  3. Beta-defensins
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What are the microbiological barriers of the eyes, nose, and oral cavity?

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Normal microbiota

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28
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Mechanical barriers prevent _________

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Infiltration, they physically block pathogens

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29
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T/F Barriers are passive

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FALSE

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30
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Mucosal cells produce ______ barriers

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chemical

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31
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_________ are integrated into barriers

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Specialized immune tissues like Lymphoid tissues

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32
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Cells within the stratum granulosum have lamellar bodies T/F

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TRUE

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33
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Chemical Barriers act on pathogens in what two ways?

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  1. Isolation and physical removal

2. Targeted destruction

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T/F Lymphoid tissues are more structured than lymph nodes

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FALSE, they are less structured

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35
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Can localized B and T cell activation happen in lymphoid tissues?

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Yes

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36
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Every mucosal tissue has some form or capacity of what two things?

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  1. Secretion

2. Motility

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37
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What does secretion do?

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Traps pathogens

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38
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What does motility do?

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Removes pathogens from mucosal surfaces

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39
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What cleaves peptidoglycans?

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Lysozyme

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40
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What are the most common Chemical barriers?

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Peptides and proteins

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41
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T/F Lipids and carbohydrates are never considered Chemical barriers

42
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Defensins are ______ and ______

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  1. Chemical Barriers

2. Soluble Effectors

43
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What are defensins released by?

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Immune and barrier cells

44
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Lysozymes specifically target which type of bacteria?

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Gram +

because they have exposed peptidoglycan

45
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Slide 9 table

46
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What are the two different classes of defensins?

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Alpha and Beta

47
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What produces Alpha defensins?

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Neutrophils (predominately)

Paneth cells do a little bit

48
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What produces Beta defensins?

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  • epithelial cells

- Most mucosal surfaces in the body

49
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What are the two major things that defensins do?

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  1. Disrupt pathogen membranes

2. –

50
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How do defensins disrupt pathogen membrane?

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  1. Electrostatic attraction and the transmembrane electric field bring the defensin in to the lipid bilayer
  2. Defensins are positively charged and repel each other creating pores in the membrane
51
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What don’t defensins hurt eukaryotic cells normally?

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Their membranes have positive proteins in them that repel the defensins

52
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What are other various things that defensins can do?

53
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Beta defensins are constituitively released by what?

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Stratified oral epithelium

54
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What secretes Alpha defensins into GCF?

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Neutrophils

55
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What does commensal mean?

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One organism benefits, the other niether suffers nor benefits

56
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What are the 3 functions of the normal microbiota on our barriers?

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  1. Protective functions
  2. Structural functions
  3. Metabolic functions
57
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________ shape local gut flora

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Antimicrobial peptides

58
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Commensal flora ______ pathogenic flora

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outcompete

59
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What detects commensal vs. pathogenic bacteria and prevents or triggers inflammation accordingly?

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Pattern recognition receptors

60
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What do commensal bacteria induce in regards to immune response?

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  1. IgA secretion

2. Antimicrobial Secretion

61
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T/F Dendritic cells constantly browse mucosal flora

62
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What is the complement system?

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An immune surveillance system of plasma proteins that act in cascades to selectively kill extracellular pathogens and diseased tissue, promote inflammation, clear tissue damage, and regulate tissue homeostasis

63
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What are the 3 classical pathways of the complement system

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  1. Classical Pathway
  2. Lectin Pathway
  3. Alternate Pathway

**They were discovered in this order but are activated in reverse order

64
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Where are most complement components made?

65
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What percent of plasma globulin protein is complement?

66
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What are initiators?

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They initiate the complement pathways

67
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What are the initiators of the classical pathway?

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Antibody/C1q complexes

68
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What are the initiators of the lectin pathway?

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Mannose–binding lectins

69
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What are the initiators of the alternate pathway?

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  1. C3

2. Properdin

70
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Slide 16 proteins

71
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What are convertase Activators?

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Form convertases, which label pathogens/antigens with C3b and C5b

72
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What are Opsonins?

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Coat pathogens/antigens and target them for phagocytes

73
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What are anaphylatoxins?

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Initiate and promote inflammation

74
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What do membrane attack complexes do?

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Form the MAC pore

75
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What do complement receptors do?

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Initiate signaling

76
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What do regulators do?

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Restrict or halt complement activity

77
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Where are lysozymes located?

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Mucosal/glandular secretions like tears, saliva, respiratory tract

78
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Where are lactoferrins located?

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Mucosal/glandular secretions like milk, intestine mucus, nasal respiratory and urogenital tracts

79
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Where are defensins located?

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Skin, mucosal epithelia like the mouth, intestine, nasal/respiratory tract, and urogenital tract

80
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Where is Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor located?

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Skin, mucosal/glandular secretions like intestines, respiratory, and urogenital tract

81
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Where are S100 Proteins located?

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Skin, mucosal/glandular secretions like tears, saliva, tongue, intestine, nasal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts

82
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What are two examples of s100 proteins?

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  1. Psoriasin

2. Calprotectin

83
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Where do you find Cathelicidin (LL37)?

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Mucosal epithelia (respiratory tract, urogenital tract)

84
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Where do you find surfactant proteins SP-A, SP-D?

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Secrections of respiratory tract, other mucosal epithelia

85
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What are the important types of proteins and peptides?

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  1. Lysozyme*
  2. Lactoferrin*
  3. Defensins*
  4. Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor
  5. S100 proteins
  6. Cathelicidin (LL37)
  7. Surfactant proteins SP-A, SP-D
86
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What do lysozymes do?

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Cleaves glycosydic bonds of peptidoglycans in cell walls of bacteria, leading to lysis

87
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What do lactoferrins do?

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  1. Binds and sequesters iron, limiting growth of bacteria and fungi
  2. Distrupts microbial membranes
  3. Limits infectivity of some viruses
88
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What do defensins do?

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  1. Disrupt membranes of bacteria, fungi, protozoan parasites, and viruses
  2. Additional toxic effects intracellularly
  3. Kills cells
89
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What do Secretory leukocyte proteases do?

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  1. Blocks epithelial infection by bacteria, fungi, viruses

2. Antimicrobial

90
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What do S100 proteins do?

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  1. Disrups membranes, killing cells

2. Binds and sequesters divalent cations such as manganese ans zinc, limiting the growth of bacteria and fungi

91
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What do Cathelicidins do?

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  1. Disrupts membranes of bacteria
  2. Additional toxic effects intracellularly
  3. Kills cells
92
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What do surfactant proteins do?

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  1. Block bacterial surface components

2. Promotes phagocytosis

93
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C3 is cleaved into what two fragments?

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C3a and C3b

94
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Is C3a considered the large or small fragment?

95
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Which fragment has enzyme activity, C3a or C3b?

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C3b

C3a has not enzyme activity

96
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Is C3a or C3b an anaphylatoxin?

97
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Which fragment of C3 is involved in signaling activity?

A

Both C3a and C3b

98
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Which C3 fragment is an opsonin?

99
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Draw out the Alternative complement pathway

100
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Draw out the Lectin Pathway

101
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Draw out the classical pathway

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