Immunopathology Flashcards
What is a type I hypersensitivity?
Immediate injury caused by Th2 cells, IgE antibodies, and mast cells
What is a type II hypersensitivity?
Antibody mediated disorder, secreted IgG and IgM antibodies attack self cells
What is a type III hypersensitivity?
Immune complex (IgG and IgM) mediated disorder
What is a type IV hypersensitivity?
Sensitized T lymphocytes Th1 and Th17 cells (CTLs) cause injury
Myasthenia gravis is what type of hypersensitivity?
Type II
Graves disease is what type of hypersensitivity?
Type II
SLE is what type of hypersensitivity?
Type III
Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is what type of hypersensitivity?
type III
Th1 cells secrete what cytokines to induce T cell differentiation?
IFN-gamma
Why is the time important in organ transplant?
Reperfusion injury
What is an isograft?
identical twin graft
What is an allograft?
Same species graft
What is a xenograft?
Different species graft
What is the direct mechanism of transplant rejection?
Antigen-presenting cells in the graft activated class II MHC
What is the indirect mechanism of graft rejection?
Recipient’s APCs stimulate T cells
What are the two types of cells that are mainly affected in graft rejection?
Vascular and epithelial cells
What are the two humoral mechanisms of hypersensitivity?
Ab bind to HLA molecules in graft endothelium
Ag-Ab complexes form in circulation (type iII)
What are the three patterns of rejection? What is the timeframe for each?
Hyperacute (minutes)
Acute (weeks to months)
Chronic (years)
What can sensitize a patient to a hyperacute rxn?
Prior transplant
Prego
What causes the increased sensitivity in hyperacute rejection?
Preformed Abs against Ag in allografts
What are the pathological changes seen in hyperacute rxns?
Fibrinoid necrosis and thrombosis
Acute rejection is mediated by what?
Cellular, humoral, or combined mechanisms
What are the histologic characteristics of acute rejection?
Lymphocytic infiltration
Tubular necrosis
What do CD8 cells do in acute cellular rejection?
Lymphocytes infiltrate tubular and vascular BM causing tubular damage and endothelitis
What do CD4 cells do in acute cellular rejection?
help cells produce cytokines, causing interstitial inflammation
What are the two morphological patterns if acute humoral rejection?
Necrotizing vasculitis
Initimal thickening d/t accumulation of fibroblasts, foamy macrophages
What are the two possible mechanisms behind chronic rejections?
Humoral injury = proliferative vascular lesions
Cellular injury = cytokine induces proliferation of vascular smooth muscle
Is there lesser or higher requirement for immunosuppression for livers?
Lesser
What is the triad of features of acute liver rejection?
- Portal tract inflammation
- Bile duct epithelial damage
- Endotheliitis of portal vein and hepatic artery branches
What cells are involved in acute liver rejection?
Mixed inflammatory cells infiltration with eosinophils