Immunopathology Flashcards
T helper cells are classified as ____ and TH2 cells drive a ____ mediated response
CD4
Antibody
Identify the most likely type of necrosis to occur in the brain after a stroke
Liquefaction necrosis
Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) and prostacuyclin (PGI2) are products of this pathway
Arachidonic acid
Cyclooxygenase
Cardinal signs
Rumor Calor Tumor Dolor Function laesa
Why is PGE2 unique
Primary one for pain
Associated with fever
What makes up the most abundant population of WBCs
Neutrophils
- segs, PMNs
Primary leukocyte in acute infection
Neutrophils
Primary cell players in chronic inflammation
Macrophages and lymphocytes
Where are the neutrophils at
50% in circulating pool, and 50% in amrginating pool, tethered to the side of the blood vessel walls
-doing a blood count gives us the count that is circulating in the blood, not tethered to the wall
Neutrophil distribution is influenced by what
Activating or inactivating neutrophil adhesion molecules
Trauma and WBC
Trauma causes neutrophils to be released from the marginating pool, causing the WBC to shoot up
Steps of acut inflammation
- IL-1 and TNFa released and upregulate the expression of E selecting and P selectin
- Neutrophils weakly bind to endothelial selectins and roll along the surface
- Neutrophils stimulated to express ligand for cellular adhesion molecules
- Neutrophils adhere firmly to cellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs and VCAMs)
- neutrophils then emigrate (via diapedesis), migrate through the tissues (via chemotaxis), phagocytize, degranulate and kill what has been eaten
IL-8 in acute inflammation
Clean up on aisle 8: neutrophils are attracted to site of damage via IL-8
Exudates and acute inflammation
Neutrophils going into an area and killing themselves, producing pus
Where are a vast majority of mast cells
Lungs and skin
Earliest signs and symptoms of reaction
Itching and difficulty breathing because of mast cells in skin and lungs
Cause vasodilation and increased vascular permeability
Histamine
What is histamine produced by
Basophils, platelet, and mast cells– release triggers include iGE mast cell reactions, anaphylatoxins and IL-1
Vasoactive amines
Histamine
Serotonin
Causes vasodilation and increased vascular permeability produced by platelets
Serotonin
Anaphylatoxins
C3a and C5a
Cause degranulation
Neutrophil attractants
IL-8
C5a
What does the kinin system produce
Bradykinin
-causes vasodilation, pain, increased vascular permeability, bronchoconstrition
Factor 12 of coagulation cascade
Causes prekallikrein to kallikren
What produces pain
NOT HISTAMINE. Bradykinin
Bad actor of COX pathway in arachidonic acid
Thromboxane A2
What does aspirin act on
Thromboxane A2
What does aspirin
Irreversibly acetylates platelets
-neutralized
Is aspirin reversible or irreversible
Irreversible, all other NSAIDs are reversible
What is thromboxane A2 produced by
Platelets
Prostacyclin (PGI2)
COX
Dilates vessels
Inhibits stickiness of platelets
PGE2
COX
Pain
Fever
What causes pain
PGE2
bradykinin