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1
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Splenic dysfunction leaves patients susceptible to encapsulated organisms. What are these organisms?

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SHiN SKiS

Strep pneumo
Haemophilus influenza
Neisseria meningitidis

Salmonella
Klebsiella
Group B strep

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2
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Which encapsulated primary lymphoid organ contains hassals corpuscles in the medulla?

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Thymus

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3
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HLA subtypes assoc with disease: A3

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Hemochromatosis

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HLA subtypes assoc with disease: B27

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PAIR

psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, inflammatory bowel disease, reiters syndrome

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HLA subtypes assoc with disease: DQ2/DQ8

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Celiac disease

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HLA subtypes assoc with disease: DR2

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Multiple sclerosis, hay fever, SLE, goodpastures syndrome

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HLA subtypes assoc with disease: DR 3

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DM type 1, Graves’ disease

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HLA subtypes assoc with disease: DR4

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DM TYPE 1, RA

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HLA subtypes assoc with disease: DR5

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Pernicious anemia (B12 def), Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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10
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Which cytokines enhance the activity of NK cells?

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IL-2, IL-12, IFN-beta, IFN-alpha

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I’m a CD4+ helper T-cell, and I want to become a Th1 cell what cytokine do I need? What if I had wanted to be a Th2 cell?

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Th1: IL-12
Th2: IL-4

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I’m a Th1 helper T cell. What is my main function? What cytokines do I secrete? What cytokines inhibit me?

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I activate macrophages and phagocytic cells–cell mediated killing
I secrete IFN-gamma
I’m inhibited by IL-4 and IL-10 from the Th2 cells
My transcription factor is Tbe

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I’m a Th2 helper T cell. What is my main function? What cytokines do I secrete? What cytokines inhibit me?

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I recruit eosinophils for parasite defense and promote IgE production from B cells.
I secrete IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-13
I’m inhibited by IFN-gamma from those Th1 cells
My transcription factor is GATA-3

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I’m a Regulatory T cell. What is my main function? What surface markers do I express? What cytokines do I secrete (anti-inflammatory)?

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I suppress CD4/8 cells effector functions
I express CD3, CD4, CD25 (and transcription factor FOXP3)
I secrete anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 and TGF-beta

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15
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Mature lymphocytes express which two antibodies on their cell surface?

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IgM (monomer)

IgD

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16
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Which antibody crosses the placenta?

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IgG

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17
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Which antibodies activate complement?

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IgG

IgM

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18
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Which antibody can poisoning bacteria and neutralize toxins and viruses?

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IgG

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19
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Which antibody is secreted from mucus membranes and is also in tears and colostrum?

20
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Which 2 complement components contribute to anaphylaxis?

21
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What are 2 factors that inhibit complement binding and prevent complement activation on self-cells?

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Decay accelerating factor (DAF)

C1 inhibitor

22
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What are the two primary opsonins involved in bacterial defense?

23
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Which complement components form the membrane attack complex?

24
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Complement disorders: C1 esterase deficiency?

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Hereditary angioedema

ACEI contraindicated

25
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Complement disorders: C3 deficiency

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Severe recurrent pyogenic sinus and respiratory tract infections
Inc susceptibility to type III hypersensitivity

26
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Complement disorders: C5-C9 deficiency

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Recurrent neisseria bacteremia

27
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Complement disorders: DAF deficiency

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Complement mediated lysis of RBCs and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

28
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I’m the cytokines mediator of septic shock. I activate the endothelium and cause leukocyte recruitment and vascular leak. I’m secreted by macrophages. Who am I?

29
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HOT T-BONE stEAk

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IL-1:  fever (HOT)
Il-2:  stimulates T CELLS
IL-3:  stimulates BONE marrow
IL-4:  stimulates IgE
IL-5:  stimulates IgA
30
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Which 2 cytokines secreted by macrophages are endogenous pyrogens, causing acute inflammation and fever?

31
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which cytokine secreted by macrophages recruits neutrophils?

32
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What is the mechanism by which superantigens (S pyogens, S aureus) activate T cells?

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Cross-link the beta region of the TCR to MHC Class II on APCs–leads to massive release of cytokines

33
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How do endotoxins (LPS) activate an immune response?

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Stimulate macrophages by binding endotoxin receptor CD14. Th cells are not involved

34
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After exposure to what bugs are patient s given preformed antibodies “To Be Healed Rapidly”

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Tetanus toxin,
botulinum Toxin,
HBV, rabies virus (patients given both passive and active)

35
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Which vaccines are live-attenuated?

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Measles, mumps, polio (sabin), varicella, yellow fever

36
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What diseases are primarily due to type II cytotoxic hypersensitivity reactions?

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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Pernicious anemia
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Acute hemolytic transfusion rxns
Rheumatic fever
Goodpastures syndrome
Bulbous pemphigoid
Pemphigus vulgaris
*all involve specific site/tissue where antigen is found
37
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Which vaccines are given as killed/inactivated?

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Cholera, hepatitis, polio (Salk), rabies

38
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What diseases are primarily due to type 1 hypersensitivity reaction?

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anaphylaxis (bee sting, food)

allergic and atopic (rhinitis, hay fever, eczema, hives)

39
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What diseases are primarily due to a type III hypersensitivity reaction?

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SLE
polyarteritis nodosa
post-strep glomerulonephritis
serum sickness
arthus reaction (after tetanus vaccine)
40
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What diseases are primarily due to a type IV hypersensitivity reaction?

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Multiple slcerosis
Guillan-Barre syndrome
Graft versus host disease
PPD (test for TB)
contact dermatitis (poison ivy)
41
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cerebellar defects (ataxia), spider angiomas (telangiectasia), IgA deficiency

Labs show elevated AFP

What immune deficiency does this patient have?

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ataxia-telangiectasia which is a defect in the ATM gene (DNA repair)

42
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patient presents with thrombocytopenic purpura, infections, and eczema

Labs show: inc. IgE, inc. IgA and dec. IgM; thrombocytopenia

What immune deficiency does this patient have?

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Wiskott=Aldrich syndrome

defect in WASP gene on X chromosome–>T cells unable to reorganize actin cytoskeleton

43
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1 year old boy presents with recurrent bacterial infections. Labs show dec. Ig’s.

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X-linked agammaglobulinemia
defect in BTK (tyrosine kinase)=no B cell maturation
-recurrent bacterial infections after 6months of age (after maternal Ig’s are gone)
-normal Pro-B cells but dec maturation and number of mature B cells
-Dec Ig’s of all classes

44
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Name that congential defect: DiGeorge syndrome

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thymic aplasia
22q11 deletion
failure to develo 3rd and 4th pharyngeal pouches

45
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Name that defect: IL-12 receptor deficiency

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dec. Th1 response (IL-12 normally activates Th1 and NK cells)

46
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Name that defect: HyperIgE syndrome

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Th1 cells fail to produce IFN-gamma (neutrophils fail to respond)
-only Th2 cells are making cytokines so you get LOTS of IgE

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