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Immunity an overview Flashcards

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Define immunity, adaptive immunity and innate immunity

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  • immunity-the state of being immune to or protected from a organism or foreign agent
  • adaptive immunity- dynamic protection results from specific immune components changing or adapting to unique features of the pathogen or foreign agent
  • Innate immunity-inherent protection against organisms that are permanent from birth
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WHat is passive immunity

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  • receiving preformed antibody
  • rapid protection
  • short duration T1/2 for Ab is 3 weeks
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What is active immunity

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exposure to a foreign antigen

slow protection

long duration-memory lymphocytes

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Immunogen

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a molecule that induces an immune response

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antigen

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a molecule that binds to (is recognized by) adaptive immunemediators

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toleragen

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a molecule that induces immune unresponsiveness to subsequent doses of the molecule

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how does size of a substance influence its immunogenicity

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large=increased immunogenecity

small=decreased immunogenecity

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How does dose influence immunogenecity

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Intermediate dose=large immunogenecity

high or low dose=decreased immunogenecity

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How does route of administration influence immunogenecity

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SubQ> Intraperitoneal > Intravenous > Intragastric

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How does composition influence immunogenecity

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complex= increased immunogenecity

simple=decreased

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How do adjuvants influence immunogenecity

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bacteria=increased

no/few bacteria=decreased

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How does interaction with MHC complex influence immunogenecity

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effective=increased

ineffective=decreased

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Is the invadin antigen or microbe self or foreign?

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self-:tolerogenic immune response against self antigens

foreign/non-self: mount an innate or adaptive immune response to the antigen or microbe

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What controls specificity both for innate and adaptive immunity

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  • Innate: Pattern-recognition receptors-limited diversity
    • TLR, Nod-like receptors
    • complement proteins
  • Adaptive: Antigen recptors
    • T cell receptor (TCR)
    • B cell receptor (BCR)
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Describe the memeory for innate and adaptive immunity

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innate: none
adaptive: memory B and T cells

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WHat does it mean if an invading antigen or microbe is intracellular? How about extracellular?

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Intracellular: located within the cells cytoplasm or within a cell vacuole

Extracellular: outside cells, either soluble or associated with the external surface of cells

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Primary vs Secondary Immune Responses

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  • primary immune response: response to the initial exposure to the substance, slow onset
  • Secodnary immune response: more rapid and stronger response to subsequent exposure to substance. fast onset after second exposure
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What is a live-attenuated vaccine and what does it mostly induce?

What are pros and cons?

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  • micro-organism is modified to decrease pathogenecity, limited growth after injection
  • mainly induces: cellular response (T cells)
  • PROS: strong life-long immunity
  • CONS: may revert to virulent form
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What is an inactivated vaccine and what does it mostly induce?

What are pros and cons?

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  • pathogen is inactivated (heat or chemically) but retains an immunolgic epitope on surface
  • mainly induces: Humoral Response (B cells)
  • PROS: stable and safer than Live
  • CONS: Weaker immunity, requires boster
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WHat 3 things help the body make immunologic decisions?

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cells, soluble mediators, surface receptors

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What are generative immune organs?

What are peripheral immune .organs?

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  • Generative immune organs:
    • bone marrow
    • thymus
  • Peripheral immune organs:
    • lymph nodes
    • spleen
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What is innate immunity

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  1. Always present
  2. Respons immediately
  3. comprised of
    1. epithelial barriers
    2. phagocytic leukocytes (macrophage, neutrophil)
    3. Natural killer cells
    4. Plasma proteins such as complement
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What is adaptive immunity

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  • normally silent-activated to adapt and neutralixe pathogens (antigen specific)
  • respond slowly to first exposure
  • memory: faster response to subsequent exposure
  • comprised of: T cells (cell-mediated immunity) and B cells (humoral immunity)
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Describe the function, characteristics and mechanism or innate immunity

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  • Function: provide primary defense against invading pathogens
  • characteristics: immediate response always ON and doesn’t require previous exposure for activation
  • Mechanism:
    • natural barriers (epithelium-skin, mucous membranes)
    • phagocytic cells-macrophages, neutrophils
    • Dendritic cells
    • Natural killer cells
    • Alternative lectin complement pathway
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How is the innate immune system activated?

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  • Patter Recognition Receptors (PAMP) on bacteria, virus, fungal or parasite pahtogens. e.g.: TLRs
  • this actiavtes a defined series of proinflammatory or antiviral signaling
  • there is NO MEMORY so the response will be immediate and the same to the subsequent infection.
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Describe the function, characteristics, and mechanism of adaptive immunity

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  • Function: provide antigen specific defence
  • Characteristics
    • must be activated by invading antigen
    • cascade of events
    • prepare for future defense=immune memory
  • mechanism: T cell and B cell
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How is the adaptive immune system activated?

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  • antigen-a molecule that binds to an Antibody or T cell receptor
  • epitopeL the specific portion of the macromolecular antigen recognized by receptors expressed on lymphocytes
    • Antibody (B Cell receptor): recognize eptiopes on macromolecular proteins and lipids
    • T Cell Receptor: recognize epitopes on peptide fragments complexed with either an MHC class I or MHC class II presentation molecule
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Describe the T Cell Response

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  • T=thymus
  • function: antigen specific immune response to Intracellular pathogens
  • Types activated by different antigen presentation styles
    • cytotoxic=CD8: MHC class I restrcited and the goal is to KILL!
    • Helper=CD4: MHC class II restrcited and the goal is to recruit/activate
      • cytokine secretion
      • CD40:CD40L
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Describe the B cell response

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  • B=Bone Marrow
  • funciton is antigen specific immune response to extracellular pathogens/antigens and immune surveilance
  • types=plasma cells
    • secrete soluble antibodies and have isotypes (IgM, IgG, IgA, IgE)
30
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List the cells of the innate immune system

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  • phagycytes
    • neutophils
    • macrophages
  • Granulocytes
    • eosinophils
    • basophils
    • mast cells
31
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WHat cell link the innate and adaptive immune systems?

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dendritic and natural killer cells (NK)

32
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What are the cells of the adaptive immune system

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lymphocytes

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CD4 T cells

  • function
  • key markers
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function: B cell differentiation, macrophage activation

key markers: CD3, CD4

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CD8 T cells

functions

key markers

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function: Kill microbe infected cells, tumor cells

Key markers: CD3, CD8

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Regulatory T cells

function

key markers

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  • function: supress T cell function
  • key markers: CD3, CD4, CD25
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B Cells

function

key markers

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function: Produce Ab

key markers: FcR, CD19, CD21

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NK Cells

function

key markers

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function: Kill virus-infected cells, damaged cells, tumors

key markers: CD16, FcRy

38
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What are the primary (generative) lymphoid tissues and describe them? Do th same for secondary, what are they?

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  1. Primary:
  • bone marrow: hematopoietic progenitors, lymphocyte development
    • naive lymphocytes (small)
    • mature lymphocyte( larger0
  • thymus: development and maturation of T lymphocytes
  1. Secondary
  • ​lymph nodes
  • spleen
  • Mucosal or skin associated lymphatic tissue (MALT/SALT)
    • peyers patches, tonsils
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