Important cytokines Flashcards
1
Q
What cytokines are secreted by:
- Macrophages
- Tcells
- Th1 cells
- Th2 cells
A
What cytokines are secreted by:
- Macrophages: IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12, TNF-alpha
- Tcells: IL-2, IL-3
- Th1 cells: INF-gamma
- Th2 cells: IL-4, IL-5, IL-10
2
Q
Hot T-bone stEAK
- memory aid for cytokines*
- IL-1- to IL-6*
A
Hot T-bone stEAK
- IL-1: fever (hot)
- IL-2: stimulates Tcells
- IL-3: stimulates bone marrow
- IL-4: stimulates IgE production
- IL-5: stimulates IgA production
- IL-6: stimulates aKute phase protein production
3
Q
Macrophages: IL-1
- What is it?
- What does it do?
- What does it activate?
- What does it induce?
A
Macrophages: IL-1
- What is it? endogenous pyrogen (osteoclast activating factor)
- **What does it do? **Causes fever acute inflammation
- What does it activate? activates endothelium to express adhesion molecules
- What does it induce? induces chemokine secretion to recruit leukocytes.
4
Q
Macrophages: IL-6
- What is it?
- Secreted by who else?
- What does it cause?
- What does it stimulates?
A
Macrophages: IL-6
- What is it? endogenous pyrogen
- Secreted by who else? Th2 cells
- What does it cause? causes fever
- What does it stimulates? production of acute phase proteins
5
Q
Macrophages: IL-8
What does it do?
A
Macrophages: IL-8
- **What does it do? **major chemotactic factor for neutrophils
- Clean up on aisle 8*
- Neutrophils are recurited by IL-8 to clear infections*
6
Q
Macrophages: IL-12
- What does it do? (2 things)
- Secreted by who else?
A
Macrophages: IL-12
-
What does it do?
- induces differentiation of T cells into Th1 cells
- Activates NK cells
-
Secreted by who else?
- B cells
7
Q
Macrophages: TNF-alpha
- What does it do? (3 things)
A
Macrophages: TNF-alpha
-
What does it do?
- Mediates septic shock
- Activates endothelium
- Causes leukocyte recruitment, vascular leak.
8
Q
T cells: IL-2
- Stimulates growth of?
A
T cells: IL-2
-
Stimulates growth of?
- Helper T cells
- Cytotoxic T cells
- Regulatory T cells
9
Q
T cells: IL-3
- Supports growth and differentiation of what?
- Functions like?
A
T cells: IL-3
-
Supports growth and differentiation of what?
- bone marrow stem cells
-
Functions like?
- GM-CSF
10
Q
Th1 cells: Interferon gamma
- What type of properties does it have?
- Activates what type of cells?
- Increases what 2 things in all cells?
A
Th1 cells: Interferon gamma
-
What type of properties does it have?
- antiviral and antitumor properties
-
Activates what type of cells?
- NK cells to kill virus-infected cells
-
Increases what 2 things in all cells?
- MHC expression and APC (antigen presention)
11
Q
Th2 cells: IL-4
- Induces differentiation into what?
- Promotes growth of what?
- enhances class switching of what to what?
A
Th2 cells: IL-4
-
Induces differentiation into what?
- Th2 cells
-
Promotes growth of what?
- B cells
-
Enhances class switching from what to what?
- IgM –> IgE or IgG
12
Q
Th2 cells: IL-5
- Promotes differentation of what?
- Enhances class switching to what?
- stimulates the growth and differentation of what?
A
Th2 cells: IL-5
-
Promotes differentation of what?
- B cells
-
Enhances class switching to what?
- IgA
-
stimulates the growth and differentation of what?
- Eosinophils
13
Q
Th2 cells: IL-10
- modulates what?
- Inhibits actions of what type of cells
- secreted by who else?
A
Th2 cells: IL-10
-
Modulates what?
- inflammtory resposne
-
Inhibits actions of what type of cells
- activated T cells
- Th1 cells
-
secreted by who else?
- reg T cells
14
Q
Interferon alpha and beta
- A part of innat host defense against what?
- what are they?
- When a virus infects ‘primed cells’ viral dsRNA activates what 2 things (and what are they for?)
- Essentially results in what?
A
Interferon alpha and beta
-
A part of innat host defense against what?
- RNA and DNA viruses
-
what are they?
- glycoprotein synthesized by viral-infected cells, priming them for viral defense
-
When a virus infects ‘primed cells’ viral dsRNA activates what 2 things (and what are they for?)
- RNAase L: degradation of viral/host mRNA
- Protein Kinase: inhibition of viral/host protien synthesis
-
Essentially results in what?
- apoptosis thereby interrupting viral amplifaction
15
Q
Cell surface proteins
what is unique about all cells?
A
all cells except mature RBCs have MHC I