ImmunoSero Flashcards
Network of organs
Immunology
Function of Immunology (RRRD)
Recognize
Respond
React
Destroy
PRIMARY Immune system organs
Bone marrow
Thymus
SECONDARY Immune system organs (5)
Spleen
Lymph node
MALT
GALT
Peyer’s patches
Site of B cell maturation
Produce hematopeitic stem cells
Bone marrow
Functionally similar to appendix in humans
Bursa of Fabricious
Cells that are not committed (lymphoid, myeloid, erythroid progenitors)
Stem cells
Site of T cell maturation and differentiation
Thymus
Site of T and B cell encounter
Secondary Immune System Organs
Houses the lymphoid (B and T cells)
MALT/ Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tissue
Small pox vaccine; cross-immunity
Edward Jenner
DISCOVER Phagocytosis
Haeckel
EXPLAIN Phagocytosis - Cellular Theory of Immunity
Metchnikoff
Mendelian Inheritance
Gregor Mendel
Live, attenuated chicken cholera and anthrax vaccine
Louis Pasteur
Humoral theory of immunity
Emin Von Behring, Kitasata
Type IV Hypersensitivity Demonstration
Koch
Discover the complement
Jules Bordet
Antibody formation theory
Ehrlich
Immediate-Anaphylaxis Hypersensitivity
Portier, Richet
Discover the Opsonins
Almroth Wright
Large intestinal organ
Liver
Cells that can be found on: Chronic dse, tumor, organ donation
T cells
Compromised T cell immunity
HIV
D’george syndrome
Nezelof’s syndrome
Thymus is located in the:
Back of the sternum, near the heart
Largest external organ
Skin
Discover the C reactive protein
Tillet and Francis
Discover the Ag-ab binding
Marrack
Polio vaccine
Salk and Sabin
Oral polio vax
Sabin
Yellow fever vaccine
Reed
Clonal selection theory
Burnet
Discover the Monoclonal Abs
Kohler, Milstein
First immunoassay that used radioisotope
Radioimmunoassay
Discover the radioimmunoassay
Rosalyn Yallow
Year the thew T cell receptor gene was discovered
1985-1987
Antibody Diversity
Susumo Tonegawa
Discover the HPV vaccine
Frazer
T or F
HPV Vaccine is not allowed or given to men.
FALSE
Types of Immunity
Innate
Adaptive
Innate or Adaptive:
Non-specific
Natural
Without memory
Phagocytosis
Non- specific
Short-term
Innate
Innate or Adaptive:
Specific
Stimulated
With memory
T and B cell activation
Specific
Long-term
Adaptive
Pathogen Recognition for Innate Immunity
TLR or Toll-Like Receptors
Pathogen recognition for Adaptive Immunity
Memory cells (ex. Booster shot)
Mechanism of Immunologic Injury:
- Allergic or Anaphylactic
- innate
- Basophils and mast cells
Type 1
Mechanism of Immunologic Injury:
- Cytologic
Type 2
Mechanism of Immunologic Injury:
- Immune complex formation
- Ab attached to organs
Type 3
Mechanism of Immunologic Injury:
- Cell-mediated or delayed
- autoimmunity
Type 4
Responses of INFLAMMATION (3)
Vascular
Cellular
Repair/ Resolution
2 parts of Innate Immunity
External defense
Internal defense
The defense system that prevents entry of pathogens into the body
External defense
Defense system that kills pathogen that entered and established inside the body
Internal defense
pH of skin to prevent infection
4.8 to 6.4 pH
Normal flora in the skin
S.epidermidis
Normal flora in the oral cavity
Viridans strep.
Normal flora in the vagina
L.acidophilus
Lactate and fatty acid maintain skin at
5.6 pH
Soluble factors in the internal defense system
APR or Acute Phase Reactants
Structural barriers: Physical
Unbroken skin
Mucosal membrane
Tears
Sweat
Hair/Cilia
Structural barriers: Biological
Gut
Skin
Oral cavity
Vagina
Intestine
Gut produce: __________ that binds negatively charged surface if certain bacteria and penetrate to kill
Colicins
Bacteria that can be found in the intestine
Gram - anaerobic or bacteroides
Enterobacteriaceae
Cells for Cellular Factors (4)
Basophils and mast cells
Phagocytic cells
NK cells
Innate lymphoid cells
- Histamine
- Regulates T helper cell response to stimulate B cells to produce IgE
- Short life span
- Located in the BV
Basophil
- More histamine
- Has CP, ALP, Proteses
- For allergic rxn and ag presentation
- Larger
Mast cells
Growth factor for endothelial cells
VeGF or Vascular Endothelial Growth Hormone
- Vasoactive amine
- Dilate the BV locally
Histamine
Produced by in the BV for dilation and autocrine signaling
Nitric oxide
What happens to BV if dilated?
Will have SPACES
Heparin will control RBCs not to go out
Enzyme that destroys proteins
Proteases
How many IgE is needed to activate mast cells?
2 IgE
Leukotriene inhibitor
Montelukast
Arachidonic acid produces (2)
Prostaglandin
Leukotrienes
Ig for
- Th1
- Th2
- Th17 & 9
Th1= IgG & IgM
Th2 = IgE
Th17 & 9 = IgG ang IgM
Th1
Viral
Th17 & 19
Bacterial
Increasing amount of exposure
Desensitization
Given to px with anaphylactic shock
Epinephrine
- Principal phagocyte/ first to go to the site of infection
- Bacterial infx
Neutrophils
Other name for Neutrolphil
Segs
Segmenter
MIcrophage
2 population granules of Neutrophil
Primary/ Azurophilic
Secondary/ Specific
Primary granules contain:
MPO
Lysozyme
Elastase
Proteinase-3
Cathepsin G
Defensins
Destroys elastin
Elastase
T or F:
Proteinase-3 has anti-bacterial property
True
Secondary granules contain:
Lysozymes
Lactoferrins
Collagenase
Gelatinase
Respiratory burst components
T or F:
Respiratory burst components are stored in secondary but formed in primary granules.
True
Fat that is destroyed by macrophage
Mycolic acid
Leukocytes based on abundance
Neutrophil
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Eosinophil
Basophil
Phagocytic cell:
- Regulation of immune response
- mast cell indirect phagocytosis
- increased in allergic rxn
- increased in parasitic infection
Eosinophil
Contents of Eosinophilic granules
Catalase
Lysozyme
Cytokines
Growth factors
Cationic proteins
Major basic proteins
Histaminase
Create a hole in helminths in basic pH
MBP
Largest cell in the peripheral blood
Monocytes or MAcrophages
Monocyte 1st type of granules components:
Peroxidase
ACP
arysulfatase
Monocyte 2nd type of granules components:
B-glucoronidase
Lysozyme
Lipase but no ALP
Interleukins released by the monoyctes during phagocytosis
1B
6
12
Interleukin that go to liver to produce CRP to ingest organism
Il-6
Interleukin that regulate temperature or stimulates fever
Il-1B
Interleukin that activate NK cells for anti-tumor activity
Il-12
Coat organism to be recognized
Opsonins
Two types of macrophages
M1 - Classically activated
M2- Alternatively activated
T or F:
Monocytes are lipid in nature.
True
What interferon activates M1
IFN-y
What Il activates M2 (2)
Il- 13 and Il- 4
M1 produces __, ___, ___ during phagocytosis
ROS
NO
Lysosomal enzymes
M1 produces ___, ____, ____, ____ during inflammation
Il-2
Il-12
Il-23
Chemokines
M2 produces growth factors and TGF-B for:
Tissue repair
Fibrosis
M2 produces Il-10 and TGF- B / Transforming growth factor - B
Anti-inflammatory effects
Most effective antigen-presenting cell and most potent phagocyte
Dendritic cells
Phagocytic cells
Neutrophil
Eosinophil
Monocyte or macrophage
Dendritic cells
Phagocytic cells for healing and repair
Macrophage and dendritic cells
MACROPHAGE: Lungs
Dust cells
Alveolar macrophage
MACROPHAGE: Liver
Kupffer cells
MACROPHAGE: Bone
Osteoclast
MACROPHAGE: Placenta
Hoffbauer cells
MACROPHAGE: Brain
Microgilial cells
MACROPHAGE: Kidney
Mesangial cells
MACROPHAGE: Connective tissue
Histiocytes
MACROPHAGE: Spleen
Littoral cells or splenic macrophage
MACROPHAGE: Blood
Monocytes
MACROPHAGE: Skin
Langerhans cells
MACROPHAGE: Synovium
Type A lining cells
cell eating cell
Phagocytosis
Steps in Phagocytosis (6)
Initiation
Chemotaxis
Recognition
Ingestion/ Engulfment
Digestion
Exocytosis/ Egress
2 types of Phagocytosis
Direct
Indirect
Direct phagocytosis via:
PPRR - organism
PAMP - WBC
Indirect phagocytosis via:
Opsonins
Most potent chemoattractant
C5a
Most potent opsonin
CRP
Physical contact bet. WBC and foreign cell
Initiation
Recruitment of immune cells to the site of infxn
Chemotaxis
Chemical messengers that aid the WBC movements
Chemoattractants or Chemotaxin
Chemoattractant
65a
C3a
CRP
Il-8
Squeezing out of WBC from blood vessel to tissue
Diapedesis
Process of Diapedesis
Rolling
Adhesion
Transmigration
Rolling:
L-selectin with bind to
Sialyl-Lewis X
Adhesion:
Integrin will bind to
E-selectin
T or F:
Lewis is produced in endothelial cells.
True
Direct phagocytosis:
- distinguish self from non-self
PPRR
Direct phagocytosis:
- present in the foreign organism
PAMP
PAMP: Gram +
Peptidoglycan
PAMP: Gram -
Lipoprotein
LPS
PAMP: Yeast
Zymosan
PAMP: FLagellae
Flagellin
Receptors in DIRECT phagocytosis
PPRR
PAMP
TLR/ Toll-like receptor
CLR/ C-type lectin receptor
RLR- Retinoic Acid - Inducible gene I-like receptor
NOD/ Nucleaotide-binding oligomerization domain receptor
Examples of opsonins
CRP
C3b
Antibodies
Light chain enhancer of activated B cell
NF-kB
Toll protein is discovered from
Fruit fly - Drosophila
CLR binds to ______ and ____ that are found in the fungal cell walls
Mannan
B-glucans
Forms Phagosome or vacuole
Ingestion or Engulfment
Lysosomal granules + Phagosome =
Phagolysosome
Defect in lysosomal enzyme
Chediak Higashi
Secondary Digestion Pathway
HMP or Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
Digestion of microbes by hydrolytic enzymes
Secondary digestion
Defect in NADPH Oxidase
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
2 secondary digestion process
Oxygen dependent
Oxygen independent
- Oxidative burst via HMP shunt
- Produce Oxygen Radicals ( Superoxide, Hydrogen Peroxide, Hypochlorite)
Oxygen dependent
- NADPH Oxidase
- Depolarization membrane
- Hydrogen and potassium will enter then alter pH then activate Proteases
Oxygen independent
Oxygen radicals that reacts with superoxide
Nitric oxide
Convert NADP+ to NAD+
NADPH oxidase
Convert Superoxide to Hydrogen Peroxide
Superoxide dismutase
Convert Hydrogen Peroxide to Hypochlorite
Myeloperoxidase
Damages cell membrane
Cathepsin G
Release debris outside the cell
Exocytosis or Egress
Toll-like receptors found on the cell surface
TLR 1 - Techoic acid
TLR 2 - Lipoproteins
TLR 4 - Lipopolysaccharides
TLR 5 - Flagellin
TLR 6 - Lipopeptides, Lipoteichoic acid, Zymosan
Toll-like receptors found on the endosomal compartments
TLR 3 - dsRNA
TLR 7 and 8 - ssRNA
TLR 9 - dsDNA
TLR 10 - unknown
- cytoplasm
- serves as intracellular sensors for microbial products
- inflammatory responses
Nod-like receptors or Nucleotide oligomerization domain
- cytoplasmic sensors
- production of type 1 interferon
Rig-1-like receptors or Retinoid-inducible gene
- Kiss of death
- First line of dense against cells that are: virally infected, infected with intracellular pathogen, tumor cells
NK cells
Large Granular Lymphocyte
NK cells or Natural Killer Cells
T or F:
NK cells are positive in CD16 (FcRy) and CD 56 (CAM)
True
T or F:
IFN-y and TNF-a produces cytokines when activated (NK cell)
True
Link between innate and adaptive immunity
NK cells
NK cells monitors potential target cells thorugh (2)
Inhibitory signal
Activating signal
Inhibitory signal:
Receptors which bind to MHC 1
CD49/ NKG2A
Activating signal:
Receptors (cancer cells)
CD16
NKG2D
Activating signal:
Receptors (viral infxn)
ADCC: CD16
ADCC
Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity
Site: DNA virus
Nucleus
Site: RNA Virus
Cytoplasm
Process: VIRUS
- “A-P-U-M-A-R”
Attachment
Penetration
Uncoating
mRNA
Assemble
Release
- Bone-marrow-derived cells
- with lymphocyte morphology but lack markers from lymphocytes
Innate lymphoid cells
Tissue signal: Type 1 effect
against intracellular oganism
Tissue signal: Type 2 effect
parasitic helminth and allergy
Tissue signal: Type 3
extracellular organism
Most potent antigen-presenting cell
Dendritic cells
Follows phagocytosis
Antigen Presentation
Present Ag to CD8+ cells
MHC Class 1
Present Ag to CD4+ cells
MHC CLass 2
Type of Signal (Antigen Presentation):
- CD 3 proteins
- Z chains
- TCR heterodimer
Type 1
Type of Signal (Antigen Presentation):
- CD28 (T cell) to CD 80/26 (Dendritic cells)
Type 2
Type of Signal (Antigen Presentation):
- IL-12
Type 3
Surveillance cells that checks the MHC Class 1
Nk cells/ T cell
Major Histocompatibility Complex Location
Chromosome 6p
MHC produces
Human- Leukocyte Anitgen (HLA)
T or F:
Major function of MHC is to aid in antigen presentation to T cells
True
MHC test of choice
Molecular methods (transplant institute)
Type of MHC:
- All nucleated cells
- Present to CD 8+
- Endogenous antigen
- Viral or cytosol antigen
- Ag: HLA A,B,C
- 3 alpha, 1 beta
MHC Class 1
Type of MHC:
- B cells, phagocytic cells (Macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic)
- Exogenous antigen
- Bacterial antigen
- Ag: DP, DQ, DR
- 2 alpha, 2 beta
MHC Class 2
Type of MHC:
- RBC
- Not capable of antigen presentation
- Ag: Benett Goodspeed
MHC Class 3
Disease = HLA present:
Goodpasture’s
Multiple sclerosis
DR2
Disease = HLA present:
SLE
Autoimmune thyroid disease
Dermatitis
Herpetiformis
DR3
Disease = HLA present:
Rheumatoid arthiritis
DR4
Disease = HLA present:
Ankylosing spondylitis or Ankyloarthritis or Bamboo Spine Disease
B27
No intervertebral disc
Ankylosing spondylitis
Disease = HLA present:
Celiac disease
Dermatitis Herpetiforms
B8
Disease = HLA present:
Psoriasis vulgaris
Cw6, B17, B13
Disease = HLA present:
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
B47
Laboratory Test for MHC (Old methods)
Microlymphocytotoxicity Test
Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
Newer detection methods for MHC
ELISA Crossmatch
Flow Cytometric Antibody Screen
Multiplex Immunoassay (LUMINEX)
- Tests for HLA Antigen
- Use purified HLA ag instead of lymphocytes
ELISA Crossmatch
- Use T or B lymphocytes or purified HLA ag
- Coat into microparticles
Flow Cytometric Antibody Screen
- Use Px’s HLA ag
- Mean Fluorescence Intensity
Multiple Immunoassay (LUMINEX)
LAD Score Method
Logarithm of the Odds score
Biologic Response Modifiers
Humoral Factors
4 main sources of BRMs from the mononuclear leukocytes
B lymphocyte
T lymphocyte
NK lymphocyte
Monocytes & Macrophages
T or F:
Monocytes & Macrophages secretes IFN-a, Il-1, TNF-a, GM-CSF, M-CSF
True
- Small soluble proteins
- Chemical signal functions to recruit other immune cells
Humoral Factors
- Polypeptide product of activated cells
- Control a variety of cellular responses
Cytokines
- First cytokine activity described
- Retention and accumulation of phagocytes at the sites of infxn
Migratory Inhibitory Factor (MIF)
MIF or Migratory Inhibitory Factor Examples
Interleukins
Tumor Necrosis Factor
Interferon
Transforming Growth Factor
Innate Immunity Cytokines
Chemokines
IFN Type 1 (a & B)
Il-1,6,10,12,15,18
TNF
Adaptive Immunity Cytokines
IFN- y
Il-2,4,5,13
Lymphotoxin
TGF-B
Types of Cytokine:
- affects same cell that secreted it
Autocrine
Types of cytokine:
- secreted by nearby cells
Paracrine
Types of cytokine:
- secreted by the circulatory system
- affect distant celss
Endocrine
Massive overproduction of cytokine leading to shock, multi-organ failure, death
Cytokine Storm