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Assaults on the body

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  • external: microorganisms, protozoans, bacteria, and viruses
  • internal: include abnormal cells that reproduce and form tumors that may become cancerous and spread
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Immune system organization

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  1. Antigens
  2. Self vs no self
  3. Innate immunity / non specific
  4. Adaptive immunity / specific
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QAntigens

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q- a protein marker on the surface of cells to identify them

  • stimulate the production of antibodies
  • immunocompetence: the ability to activate an effective response to a foreign antigen
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Self markers

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Molecules on the surface of human cells that are unique to an individual, thus identifying the cells as self to the immune system
- MHC: major histocompatibility complex

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Non-self markers

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Molecules on the surface of foreign or abnormal cells or particles that identify the particle as “non-self” to the immune system

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Self-tolerance

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The ability of our immune system to attack abnormal or foreign cells, but spare our own normal cells

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Innate immunity / nonspecific

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Present at birth

- built in and ready for action providing the initial defense mechanism

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Adaptive immunity / specific

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Mechanisms that develop in response to specific threatening agents or specific abnormal cells

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Cytokines

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Broad and loose category of small proteins that are important in cell signaling

  • they are released by cells and affect the behavior of their cells or the cells that release them
  • regulate or initiate innate and adaptive immunity
  • ex: interleukins, leukotrienes, and interferons, growth factors
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Innate immunity: mechanical and chemical barriers

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First line of defense is the skin and mucous membranes

- sebum, mucus, enzymes, and hydrophobic acid in the stomach

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Innate immunity: inflammatory response

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Provides a second line of defense

  • tissue damage - release of inflammation mediators (histamine, kinins, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and interleukins)
  • many of these mediators are chemotactic factors: substances that attract WBCs to area (chemotaxis)
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Innate immunity: inflammation

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Due to increased blood flow and vascular permeability in the affected region, which help phagocytosis WBCs reac the general area and enter the affected tissue
- redness - warmth - pain - edema

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Innate immunity: phagocytosis

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  • a major component of second line of defense (but also plays role in adaptive immunity)
  • the ingestion and destruction of microorganisms or their small particles by phagocytes
  • cells that perform this funciton are called antigen-presenting cells
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APC

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Antigen-presenting cells

  • phagocytes that ingest foreign particles, isolate protein segments (peptides), and display them as antigens on their surfaces
  • these peptides are then recognized by cells of the adaptive immune response by a specific (adaptive) immune cell
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Neutrophils

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Most numerous; first responder

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Macrophages

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Large eaters

- phagocytes monocytes that have grown to several times their original size after migrating out of the blood stream

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Dendritic cells

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Cells with many extensions

- found in many body tissues that are in contact with the external environment, such as the skin and mucous membranes

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Innate immunity: natural killer cells

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  • lymphocytes (not T or B) that kill tumor cells and cells infected by viruses
  • chemically triggers cell death and destruction
  • must have direct contract with target cell
  • NK cell recognize abnormal cells by using two different recognition receptors (killer-activating and killer-inhibiting receptor)
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Killer-activating cells

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Binds to any of several common surface molecules found in cells

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Killer-inhibiting cells

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If the NK cell also binds to protein found on the surface of normal cells, then the killing action is stopped
- only abnormal and foreign cells fail to bind to the killer-inhibiting centers, so they are destroyed

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Innate immunity: Interferon

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IFN

  • a protein synthesized by lymphocytes, macrophages, and fibroblasts that have been invaded by viruses
  • interferon diffuses into the circulation and to nearby cells
  • interferon proteins interfere with the ability of viruses to cause disease by preventing replication
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Innate immunity: Complement

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A group of enzymes that produce a cascade of reactions resulting in a variety of immune responses

  • lyes cells when activated by either adaptive or innate mechanism
  • enhances inflammation and phagocytosis
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Innate immunity: Toll-like receptors

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In the membranes of the host cells

  • they are pattern-recognition receptors
  • they do not identify specific antigens
  • they identify a large variety of different bacterial molecules such as toxins and flagell proteins, viral RNA and glycoproteins, and fungal molecules
  • when triggered, they facilitate the nonspecific/innate immune mechanisms
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Adaptive immunity

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Third line of defense

  • these mechanisms attach specific agents that the body recognizes as abnormal or non-self
  • consists of two different classes of lymphocytes (B and T cells)
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Adaptive immunity: Lymphocytes

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Adaptive immunity requires activation of lymphocytes populations, which then begin their immune attack of specific antigens

  • each lymphocyte has receptors for both an antigen and for signaling chemicals
  • requires two stimuli
    1. A specific antigen
    2. Activating chemicals
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B lymphocytes

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B cells

  • do not attack pathogens themselves by instead produce molecules called antibodies that attack the pathogens
  • B cell mechanisms are classified as antibody-mediated immunity or humoral-mediated immunity
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Activation of B cells

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Develop in two stages

  • pre B cells (naive cells) develop by a few months of age
  • the second stage occurs in lymph nodes and spleen with activation of a naive B cell after it binds to a specific antigen
  • activated B cells become antibody-secreting plasma cells (effector B cells)
  • inactive B cells are Memory B cells
  • when exposed to the antigen that triggered their formation, they rapidly prude more plasma cells and memory cells
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Functions of antibodies

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The function of antibody molecules is to produce antibody-mediated immunity (humoral immunity) by disabling antigens

  • antigen-antibody reactions
  • complement activation
  • primary and secondary responses
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Antigen antibody reactions

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The binding of the antigen to antibody forms an antigen-antibody complex that may produce one or more effects

  • transforms toxins into harmless substance
  • clumps antigens together (agglutination), making it possible for macrophages to dispose of them more rapidly
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T lymphocytes

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T cells

  • attack pathogens more directly
  • T cell mechanisms are classified as cell- mediated immunity or cellular immunity
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Function of T cells

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  • T cells funciton to produce cell-mediated immunity and help to regulate adaptive immunity in general
    1. Helper T cells
    2. Cytotoxic T cells
    3. Suppressor T cells
    4. Memory T cells
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Helper T cells

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Regulate the function of B cells, T cels, phagocytes, and other WBCs

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Cytotoxic T cells

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An effector T cell that causes contact killing of a target cell

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Suppressor T cells

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Regulatory T cells that suppress lymphocyte fucntion, thus regulating immunity and promoting self-tolerance

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Memory T cells

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Inactive T cells that stay in the circulation
- if the same antigen entes the body again, these cells can be activated and proliferate to respond to the antigen quickly

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Adaptive complement

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  • a component of blood plasma consisting of several protein compounds
  • complement kills foreign cells by cytolysis or apoptosis
  • complement causes vasodilation, enhances phagocytosis, and other functions
  • complement activity can also be initiated by innate immune mechanisms
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Primary response

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Initial encounter with a specific antigen triggers the formation and release of specific antibodies that reaches its peak in a few days

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Secondary response

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A later encounter with the same antigen triggers a much quicker response
- B memory cells rapidly divide, producing more plasma cells and thus more antibodies

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Adaptive immunity review

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Adaptive immunity is a specific immunity targeting specific antigens

  • adaptive immunity involves two classes of lymphocyte: B and T cells
  • B cells: antibody-mediated (humoral) immunity
  • T cells: cell-mediated (cellular) immunity
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Adaptive immunity types

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  1. Natural immunity: results form non-deliberate exposure to antigens
    - occurs in the course of everyday living
  2. Artificial immunity: results from deliberate exposure to antigens, called immunization
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Immunity

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Natural and artificial immunity may be active or passive

  1. Active immunity: when the immune system responds to a harmful agent; lasts longer than passive
  2. Passive immunity: developed when immunity from another individual is transferred to an individual who was not previously immune; it is temporary but provides immediate protection

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