Immunity, Inflammatory Disorders, Immunosuppressive, and Anti-Inflammatory Agents Flashcards

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Innate Immunity

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  1. soluble factors (complement and cytokines)
  2. recruit neutrophils and macrophages
  3. destroy microbes
  4. complement
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Interferons

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viral infections

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Tumor necrosis factors

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malignancy

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Transforming growth factors

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wound healing

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5
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Interleukins

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multiple functions

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chemokines

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chemoattractants

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Colony-stimulating factors

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hemopoietic cell differentiation

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Acute Phase Reactants

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  1. injury/infection/trauma/malignancy
  2. neutrophils and macrophages secrete cytokines
  3. liver produces acute phase reactants
  4. suppress inflammation
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IgA

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secretory and mucosal immunity

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10
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IgD

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unknown significance

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IgE

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allergy and parasitic diseases

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IgG

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bacterial infections

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IgM

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opsonization

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Cell-Mediated Immunity

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  1. antigen-presenting cells - macrophages and langerhans cells
  2. activated T cell induce cell-mediated immunity
    * *intracellular bacteria
    * *viral infetions
    * *fungal infections
    * *graft-versus-host disease
    * *delayed type hypersensitivity reaction
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CD4 Helper T Cells

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  1. induce B-cell differentiation
  2. induce CD8 cytotoxic T-cell
  3. produce lymphokines
  4. regulate erythropoiesis
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CD8 (cytoxic/suppressor) T cells

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destroy virally infected cells

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17
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Evaluation of B-cell function

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  1. measure serum IgG, IgA, IgM

2. assessment of antibody function (titers)

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Evaluation of T-cell function

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  1. count circulating T cells

2. delayed-type hypersensitivity skin test

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Evaluation of Phagocyte function

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  1. CBC and differential

2. in vitro assays of chemotaxis, phagocytosis bactericial activity

20
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What are autoinflammatory diseases?

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  1. imbalance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors
  2. begins in childhood
  3. fluctuating episodes of fever and inflammation
  4. affects skin, mucosa, eyes, and joints
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Immunosuppressive Therapy

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  1. depress cell mediated responses: transplant recipients
  2. depress autoantibody production: autoimmune and CT diseases
  3. control immunoproliferative diseases
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__ predisposes people to infection and malignancy (especially virally-induced such as HPV, EBV, HHV-8)

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immunosuppressive therapy

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C3a

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inflammation

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C5a

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chemotaxis

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C5b

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opsonization

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C5-9

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cell membrane lysis

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B lymphocytes

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  1. make plasma cells

2. produce antibodies (humoral immunity)

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T lymphocytes

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cell mediated immunity

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Neutrophils and macrophages

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phagocytosis

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Autoinflammatory Disease - Dental Aspects

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  1. PFAPA
    * *periodi fever
    * *aphthous stomatitis
    * *pharyngitis
    * *adenitis
  2. famiial Mediterranean fever
  3. TRAPS–>Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome
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Systemic Non-Biological Immunomodulators

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  1. cytotoxic/increased adverse effects
    * *azathoprine–>bone marrow suppression, lymphoma
  2. calcineurin inhibitors
    * *tacrolimus–>enhance tumor development
  3. biologics
    * *produced by recombinant DNA technology
    * *reactivation of viral disease, mycobacterial disease
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induce B cell differentiation

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CD4 Helper T cells

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induce CD8 cytotoxic T cells

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CD4 Helper T cells

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produce lymphokines

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CD4 Helper T cells

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regulate erythropoiesis

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CD4 Helper T cells

36
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imbalance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors

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autoinflammatory diseases

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autoinflammatory diseases begin in __

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childhood

38
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fluctuating periods of fever and inflammation

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autoinflammatory disease

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affects skin, mucosa, eyes, and joints

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autoinflammatory disease

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depresses cell mediated responses

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immunosuppressive therapy

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depresses autoantibody responses

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immunosuppressive therapy

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controls/prevents immunoproliferative diseases

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immunosuppressive therapy

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predisposes people to infection/malignancy

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immunosuppressive therapy