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Immune 1 Flashcards

1
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What is immunity?

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protection against infections

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What is the immune system?

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collection of cells and molecules that are responsible for defending the body against pathogens

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What is a pathogen?

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organism that causes disease

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What is the goal of the immune system?

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  • Prevent foreign substances from entering the body
  • Establish immunocompetence: ability of the body to produce a robust immune response following exposure to disease-producing agents
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What are the characteristics of innate immunity?

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  • Mediates initial protection against infections
  • Nonspecific defense
  • Rapidly eliminate microbes that enter host tissues
  • Eliminate damaged and necrotic cells
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What are the different types of nonspecific defenses for the innate immunity?

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  • Physical barriers: skin, mucus membrane, nasal hairs, respiratory tract cilia
  • Chemical barriers: skin pH, mucous secretions, gastric acids, tears, sweat, saliva
  • Effector cells: macrophages, neutrophils, NK cells
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What are the main cells of the innate immune system?

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macrophages, neutrophils, NK cells, dendritic cells

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What are the main ways that the epithelium acts as part of innate immunity?

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  • physical barrier to infection
  • killing of microbes by locally produced antibiotics
  • killing of microbes and infected cells by intraepithelial lymphocytes
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What are pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPS)?

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Recognize general microbial pattens through pattern recognition receptors

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What part of the immune system has PAMPS and DAMPS?

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innate

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What are damage associated molecular patters (DAMPS)?

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Recognize molecules released from damaged or necrotic host cells

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What is the first cell type to respond to most infections (bacterial and fungal)?

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neutrophils

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What type of cell usually activates neutrophils?

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macrophage

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What are the features of neutrophils?

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  • Short-lived
  • Ingest and degrade dead cells, debris, tumor cells, pathogens, foreign material through phagocytosis
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Neutrophil

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What are the features of dendritic cells?

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  • Thin, membranous cytoplasmic processes
  • Present antigens to T cells
  • Abundant near epithelium, mucus membranes
  • Help shape adaptive immune response
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What is the job of a dendritic cell?

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  • Present antigens to T cells
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18
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dendritic cells

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What are the features of a macrophage?

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  • Survive in extravascular tissue for long periods
  • Ingest and degrade dead cells, debris, tumor cells, pathogens, foreign material through phagocytosis
  • May present antigens to T cells
  • Release cytokines to activate other immune cells
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What is the lifespan of a macrophage?

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  • Survive in extravascular tissue for long periods
    (months or years)
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What is the lifespan of a neutrophil?

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short-lived

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What are the types of professional antigen presenting cells?

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  • dendritic cells
  • macrophages
  • B cells
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What are the features of the natural killers cells?

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  • Capable of rapidly attacking and killing infected cells
  • Induce cell apoptosis
  • Release cytokines to activate other immune cells
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How can a natural killer do its job?

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  • directly kill an infected cell (especially virus)
  • stimulate a macrophage with phagocytosed microbes to kill itself
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What is the complement system?

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Collection of circulating and membrane-associated proteins important in the defense against microbes

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What is the classical pathway?

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activated by antibodies that bind to microbes or other antigens → component of adaptive immunity (humoral)

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What is the alternate pathway?

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activated when complement proteins are activated on microbial surfaces → component of innate immunity

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What is the lectin pathway?

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activated by mannose binding lectin binds to surface glycoproteins on microbes → component of innate immunity

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What is the lectin pathway activated by?

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mannose binding lectin binding to surface glycoproteins on microbes

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What is the alternate pathway activated by?

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complement proteins are activated on microbial surfaces

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31
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What is the classical pathway activated by?

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antibodies that bind to microbes or other antigens

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32
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What two complement pathways are innate immunity?

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alternate pathway
lectin pathway

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33
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What complement pathway is adaptive immunity (humoral)?

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classical

34
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All three complement pathways lead to form the…

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membrane attack complex (MAC)

35
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What does formation of the membrane attack complex (MAC) in complement lead to?

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lysis of microbe

36
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What are the functions of the complement system?

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  • Opsonization and phagocytosis
  • Inflammation
  • Cell lysis
37
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What does opsonization and phagocytosis do in the complement system?

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C3b coats microbes, promotes binding to phagocytes → microbes ingested and destroyed

38
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What does inflammation do in the complement system?

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C5a and C3b are chemoattractants for leukocytes → recruit and promote inflammation

39
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What does cell lysis do in the complement system?

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complement activation concludes with the MAC → microbial death

40
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What are cytokines?

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soluble proteins that mediate immune and inflammatory reactions (communication)

41
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What are the functions of cytokines?

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  • Responsible for communication b/w leukocytes and other cells
  • Most cytokines function in autocrine and paracrine actions
42
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How are cytokines released?

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  • Secreted in small amounts in response to external stimuli
43
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What cell makes IL-12 and what cells does it affect?

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  • released by dendritic and macrophages
  • affects NK and T cells
44
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What cell makes IFN-y and what cells does it affect?

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  • release by NK and T cells
  • activates macrophages
45
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What cell makes TNF and what does it affect?

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  • released by macrophages, T cells, mast cells
  • activates endothelial cells, neutrophils, and leads to inflammation
46
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What cells make IL-1 and what does it affect?

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  • released by macrophages, dendritic cells, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, and mast cells
  • activates endothelial cells and leads to inflammation
47
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What cells make chemokines and what does it affect?

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  • released by macrophages, dendritic cells, endothelial cells, T cells, fibroblasts, and platelets
  • affects leukocytes
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49
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What innate immune response do you get from extracellular bacteria and fungi?

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acute inflammatory response and complement

50
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What innate immune response do you get from intracellular bacteria?

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eliminated by phagocytes

51
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What innate immune response do you get from viruses?

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Type I interferon, NK cells

52
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What are the types of receptors of innate immunity?

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  • Toll-like receptor
  • Nod-like receptor
  • C-type lectin receptor
53
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What is a toll-like receptor?

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plasma membrane and endosomal receptors
* Recognize lipopolysaccharide (LPS), viral and bacterial RNA/DNA

54
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What is a nod-like receptor?

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cytosolic receptors
* Recognize necrotic cell products, ion disturbances, microbial products

55
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What is a C-type lectin receptor

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plasma membrane
* Recognize fungal polysaccharides

56
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Where are toll-like receptors located in the cell?

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plasma membrane and endosomal receptor

57
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Where are NOD-like receptors located in the cell?

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cytosol

58
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Where are C-type lectin receptors located in the cell?

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plasma membrane

59
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What are the primary lymphoid organs?

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bone marrow and thymus

60
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Where do B cells develop?

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bone marrow

61
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Where do T cells develop?

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thymus

62
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What are secondary lympoid organs?

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  • Sites where adaptive immunity is initiated
  • Lymphocytes have contact with antigens
63
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What role does bone marrow have in immune system?

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  • Produces the cells of the immune system from stem cell precursors
  • Soft, spongy tissue in the medullary cavity of bones
64
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What role does the thymus have in immune system?

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  • Lymphatic organ responsible for the maturation and specialization of white blood cells called T lymphocytes
  • After maturation, T lymphocytes enter bloodstream and travel to secondary lymphatic sites
65
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What is waldeyer’s ring?

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67
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Where are most lymphocytes found?

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lymph nodes

68
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What is the difference between innate and adapative immunity?

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  • Innate immunity: first line of defense
  • Develops quickly
  • Rapidly reacts against infectious pathogens
  • No memory
  • Adaptive immunity: specialized immunity
  • Develops more slowly
  • Mediates an effective defense against infections
  • Memory for future encounters
69
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What are the main effector cells of the adaptive immunity?

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B and T cells

70
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What is the function of the adaptive immune system?

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  • Recognizes diverse foreign substances
  • Triggered when microbes pass through epithelial barriers, recognized by lymphocytes in lymphoid organs
71
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What is an antigen?

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substance that can induce an immune response

72
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What are the two parts of the adaptive immune system?

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  • humoral immunity
  • cell-mediated immunity
73
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What is humoral immunity mediated by?

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antibodies produced by B lymphocytes

74
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What is cell-mediated immunity mediated by?

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T lymphocytes

75
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Where are B and T cells in the lymph node?

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T cells - parafollicular region
B cells - follicular region

76
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What are the functions of antibodies?

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  • Secreted into circulation and mucosal fluids
  • Neutralize and eliminate microbes and microbial
    toxins
  • Prevent infections from being established
77
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What cell makes antibodies?

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B cells

78
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B cells make up what percent of circulating peripheral lymphocytes?

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10-20%

79
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What do B cells do?

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  • Recognize antigens through membrane bound IgM
  • Recognize many chemical structures: soluble or cell-associated proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, small chemicals
  • Differentiate into plasma cells after stimulation: secrete antibodies
80
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Where are B cells activated?

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peripheral lymphoid organs

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