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Immunodeficiencies / Autoimmune processes Flashcards

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Asplenia

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Encapsulated extracellular bacteria (not removed from blood)

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C3 deficiency

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Recurrent G-, encapsulated bacterial infection (for all alternative complement pathway disruptions)

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Asplenia

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Encapsulated extracellular bacteria

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C3 deficiency

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Recurrent G- bacterial infection

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Factor I deficiency

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Absence of factor I –> depletion of C3

Encapsulated bacteria

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Hereditary angioneurotic edema

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Deficiency of C1 inhibitors –> depletion of C4, C2

Recurrent episodes of edema skin, larynx, GI, & UG tracts

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Deficient expression of DAF & CD59 –> intravascular hemolysis
(X-linked)

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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia

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Rh blood group antigens, I antigen; Destruction of RBCs via complement, phagocytosis –> anemia (2)

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Autoimmune thrombocytopenia purpura

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Platelet integrins gpIIb:IIIa –> abnormal bleeding (2)

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Goodpasture’s syndrome

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Basement membrane, collagen type IV –> Glomerulonephritis, pulmonary hemorrhage (2)

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Pemphigus vulgaris

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Epidermal cadherin –> Skin blisters (2)

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Pemphigus foliaceus

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Desmoglein –> mild skin blistering (2)

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Acute rheumatic fever

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Group A Streptococcal cell wall antigens (Abs cross react with endocardium) –> Arthritis, myocarditis, heart valve scarring (2)

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Grave’s disease

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TSH receptor (agonist) –> hyperthyroidism (2); IgGs may be transmitted to fetus through placenta

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Myasthenia gravis

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ACh receptors –> Progressive weakness (2)

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T2 diabetes

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Insulin receptor (antagonist) –> hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis (2)

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Hypoglycemia

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Insulin receptor (agonist) –> Hypoglycemia (2)

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

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Bacterial antigens –> soluble immune complexes –> glomerulonephritis (3)

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Cryoglobulinemia

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RF IgG complexes –> Vasculitis (3)

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Systemic lupus erythemaosus

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DNA, histones, ribosomes –> Glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, arthritis (3)

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T1 diabetes

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Pancreatic beta-cell Ag –> beta-cell destruction (4)

Coxsackie A&B virus may trigger

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RA

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Unknown synovial joint Ag –> Joint inflammation, destruction (4)

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MS

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Myelin basic protein –> Brain degeneration, paralysis (4)

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APECED (Autoimmune PolyEndocrinology Candidiasis Ectodermal Dystrophy)

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Mutations in AIRE (AutoImmune REgulator) –> defective thymic deletion of autoreactive T cells (TECs can’t express peripheral Ags) –> wide ranging autoimmune rxns

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IPEX (Immune dysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked syndrome)

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Mutations in transcription regulator of FOXP3 –> Treg cells aren’t produced –> High, autoreactive B, T IRs

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HLA allotypes:

B27, A29, DQ6

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Associated w/:
B27 - Ankylosing spondylitis
A29 - Birdshot chorioretinopathy
DQ6 - Narcolepsy, MS, (diminished risk of T1 diabetes)

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Ciliac’s

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Wheat flour gluten modifies tissue transglutaminase –> Anti-transglutaminase CD4+/B cells

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Associated with chronic autoimmune arthritis

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Associated with reactive arthritis, GBS

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Associated with Reiter’s syndrome (arthritis)

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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Hypothyroidism, autoimmune destruction, antagonists of TSH receptors

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Crohn’s disease

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Abnormal mucosal T cell regulation –> Granulomatous rxn

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Pernicious anemia

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Anti-parietal cell/anti-intrinsic factor Abs –> impaired vit B12 absorption from lack of intrinsic factor in gastric secretions

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Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis

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Liver cells express MHC II –> Anti-liver cell Abs

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Deficiencies of any of C5-9

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Lack of complement-mediated lysis –> Neisseria susceptibility

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NEMO deficiency

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Impaired NFkB activation –> Chronic bacterial/viral infections

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Chronic granulomatous disease

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Defective NADPH oxidase in neutrophils –> Chronic bacterial/fungal infections

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MBL (mannose-binding lectin) deficiency

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Neisseria meningitidis –> Meningitis

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NK-cell deficiency

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GATA2 gene impaired –> No NK cells –> Severe herpesvirus infections

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Hyper-IgM deficiency

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CD40/CD40L impaired –> No isotype switching/somatic hypermutation in B cells –> Extracellular bacterial/fungal infections

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IgG2 deficiency

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Susceptible to encapsulated bacteria

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SCID

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Various genes affected (ADA, PNP, common gamma chain in IL receptors, repair mechs.) –> B & T cell fxn absent –> All infxns

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Omenn syndrome

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RAG1/2 –> Impaired VDJ recombination –> Can’t form TCRs/BCRs properly –> All infxns

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X-linked agammaglobulinemia

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BTK doesn’t signal –> B cells blocked at pro-B stage –> Recurrent bacterial infxns

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Complete DiGeorge syndrome

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Absence of thymus, T cells –> All infxns

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ZAP-70 deficiency

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T cells cannot signal through TCRs –> All infxns

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Selective IgA deficiency

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No major susceptibility, most common immunodeficiency

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DiGeorge’s syndrome

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Thymic aplasia –> General infection susceptibility

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MHC I deficiency

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No CD8+ T cells –> Intracellular infection susceptibility

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MHC II deficiency

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No CD4+ T cells –> SCID

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Graft-Vs-Host disease

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Donor T cells in bone marrow grafts attack tissues of IC’d hosts –> allogenic IR, inflammatory state; Immunosuppressive drugs, deplete grafts of T cells

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Interferon-G deficiency

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Macrophages do not activate –> No granulomas, susceptible to intracellular pathogens

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Serum sickness

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Introduced proteins or drugs induce formation of Abs targeting them, esp. w/multiple exposures –> immune complexes form (Arthus rxn)

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Atopic dermatitis

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Eczema associated w/Type I hypersensitivity, common in young patients

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Adenosine deaminase deficiency

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Decreased DNA synthesis –> Low T & B cell counts –> SCID

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Selective IgA deficiency

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Slight susceptibility to mucosal pathogens, most common immunodeficiency

57
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Adenosine deaminase deficiency

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Decreased DNA synthesis –> Low T & B cell counts –> SCID; Need bone marrow transplant

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Leukocyte adhesion deficiency

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Deficient integrin B2/CD18/LFA-1/CR3 in neutrophils –> Defective migration to inflammation sites –> Chronic bacterial infxns

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Toxic shock syndrome

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Superantigen TSST from Staph, Strep –> Polyclonal CD4+ activation (~20% of total) –> Cytokine storm –> Organ failure

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Leukocyte adhesion deficiency

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Deficient integrin B2/CD18/LFA-1/CR3 in neutrophils/macrophages –> Defective migration to inflammation sites –> Chronic bacterial infxns

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Toxic shock syndrome

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Superantigen TSST from Staph, Strep –> Polyclonal CD4+ activation (~20% of total) –> Cytokine storm –> Organ failure

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G6PD & Myeloperoxidase deficiency

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Defective phagocytes can’t kill pathogens –> Chronic bacterial/fungal infxns

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Chediak-Higashi syndrome

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Lysosoal trafficking regulator protein defective –> Defective phagocytosis/phagolysosome formation –> Persistent bacterial infxns, granulomas

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HIV

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Depletion of CD4+ T cells –> IC

Opp. infxns include Toxoplasma, Mycobacterium, Cryptococcus, Pneumocystis, Candida, Herpesviruses

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Radiation, chemotherapy, & metastases to bone marrow

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Inhibition of leukocyte developmet –> IC

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