Immunology Flashcards
What is the follicle of lymph nodes?
Site of B cell localization and proliferation
What is in the outer cortex of lymph nodes?
primary follicles are dense and dormant
What is in the medulla of the lymph nodes?
Medullary cords, consisting of closely packed lymphocytes and plasma cells
What is in the paracortex of lymph nodes?
Houses T cells
What is the site of T cells in a lymph node?
Paracortex
What is the site of B cells in a lymph node?
follicle
What is the difference between primary and secondary lymph nodes?
Primary = Follicles are dense and dorman Secondary = pale central germinal centers
What lymph nodes drain the: head and neck?
cervical
What lymph nodes drain the: lungs
Hilar
What lymph nodes drain the: esophagus and trachea
mediastinal
What lymph nodes drain the: upper limb, breast, skin above the umbilicus
Axillary
What lymph nodes drain the: liver, stomach, spleen pancreas, upper duodenum
Celiac
What lymph nodes drain the: lower rectum, bladder, vagina,
internal iliac
What lymph nodes drain the: testes, ovaries, kidneys, ureters
Para-aortic
What lymph nodes drain the: anal canal below the pectinate line
Superficial inguinal
What lymph nodes drain the: Dorsolateral foot, posterior calf
Popliteal
From what pharyngeal arch is the thymus derived?
3rd
Where are T cells in the spleen?
In the periarterial lymphatic sheath within the white pulp of the spleen
What are the WBCs that remove bacteria in the spleen?
Macrophages
What is an epitope?
The minimum molecular structure on an antigen which binds to a specific ab molecule
What happens to complement and antibody levels post splenectomy?
Decreased IgM
Decreased C3b
Where are antigens loaded onto MHC class I and II respectively?
I = rER II = acidified lysosome
What does it mean that all immunogens are antigens, but not all antigens are immunogens?
What are the diseases associated with HLA-B27?
Psoriatic arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis
IBDs
Reactive arthritis
What are the HLA haplotypes that are associated with Celiac disease?
HLA DQ2 and DQ8
What are the diseases associated with DR2? (4)
- MS
- Hay fever
- SLE
- Goodpasture
What are the diseases associated with DR3 (3)?
- DM I
- SLE
- Grave’s disease
What are the diseases associated with DR4 (2)?
- RA
- DM I
What are the diseases associated with DR5?
Pernicious anemia
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
What is the mode of transport to the surface for MHC I?
Beta-2 microglobulin
What is the only lymphocyte member of the innate immune system?
Natural Killer cells
What is the cytokine that induce Th0 cells to: Th1 cells
IL-12
What is the cytokine that induce Th0 cells to: Th2 cells
IL-4
What is the cytokine that induce Th0 cells to: Th17 cells
TGF-Beta + IL-6
What is the cytokine that induce Th0 cells to: Tregs?
TGF-beta
What is done during positive selection of T cells in the thymus?
T cells expressing TCRs capable of binding surface MHC self molecules
What is done during negative selection of T cells in the thymus?
T cells expressing TCRs with high affinity for self antigens undergo apoptosis
Where in the thymus do positive and negative selection occur, respectively?
\+ = Thymic cortex - = Medulla
What are the three major APCs?
B cells
Macrophages
Dendritic cells
How are naive T cells activated?
- Fb phagocytosed and presented by APC via MHC
- Costimulatory signal via B7/Cd28
- Th cells activated and produces cytokines