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Immunity-Autoimmunity Flashcards

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Autoimmunity definition ??

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Immune response against self antigens due to loss of self tolerance in B & T cells or both

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Autoimmune disease ?? Def

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The D caused by autoimmunity are referred to as AID

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Pernicious anemia organ ??

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Gastric parietal cell

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Hashimotos thyroiditis organ ??

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Thyroid gland

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Myasthenia gravis D organ >??

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Muscle

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Autoimmune haemolytic anemia organ ??

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Erythrocytes

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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura organ ??

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Platelets

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SLE organ ??

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Multi system

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Rheumatic fever organ ??

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Joints & heart valves

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Rheumatoid arthritis organ ??

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Joints and organs

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Mechanism of autoimmunity 4 point ??

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  1. Molecular mimicry
    2.Epitope spreading
    3.Failure of Treg
    4.NeoAntigens

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Molecular mimicry - Tell in your own word ??

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  1. AA sequence of Self Atg = AA sequence of Microbes Atg
  2. Immune response against microbes Atg
  3. Activation of self reactive lymphocytes

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Example of Molecular mimicry ??

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  1. GBS
  2. Reiters syndrome
  3. Rheumatic heart D

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Reiters syndrome microbes ??

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  1. Shigella
  2. Chlamydia

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Guillain Barre syndrome microbes ??

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  1. Campylobacter

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RHD mecha ?/

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AB againts streptococcus M protein cross react with myocardial protein

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End result of RHD ??

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Myocarditis

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Myasthenia gravis D receptor associated with ??

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Ach receptor

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Graves disease receptor ?/

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TSH r

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Rheumatoid arthritis R ??

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IgG in joints

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Goodpostures syndrome ??

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Basement membrane of kidney & lung

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SLE r ??

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dsDNA & Histone

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Epitope spreading mecha in your own word ??

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  1. Damage to cells
  2. Damage caused by - Viral bacterial infections
  3. New exposure of sequestered autoAtg

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D associated with ES ??

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  1. SLE
  2. MS
  3. Pemphigus vulgaris
  4. IBD
  5. Crohns D
  6. Ulcerative colitis

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Failure of Treg cell outcome ??

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Treg cell = Suppress proinflammtory effects
So inflammation associated D occure

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D associated with failure of Treg cells ??

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  1. SLE
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Neoantigens who ????

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SelfAtg that have been modified by some extrinsic factors so that they appear foreign to immune system

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D associated with Neo Atg ??

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Procainamide induced SLE

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R fever microbes ??

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Streptococcus pyogens

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R arthritis microbes ??

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Yersinia enterocolitica

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