Infection - Adaptive Immune Response Flashcards
Give some features of antigen presenting cells
- strategically located (skin, mucous membranes, lymphoid organs, blood circulation)
- pathogen capture (phagocytosis and macropinocytosis of soluble particles)
- diversity in pathogen sensors (can sense both extracellular and intracellular pathogens)
Where are dendritic cells found?
Lymph nodes, mucous membranes and blood
What do dendritic cells present antigens to?
Naive T-cells
Where are Lagerhans cells found?
Skin
What do Langerhans cells present antigens to?
Naive T cells
Where are macrophages found?
Various tissues
What do macrophages present antigens to?
Effector T cells
Where are B cells found?
Lymphoid tissues
What do B cells present antigens to?
Effector T cells and naive T cells
What are major histocompatibility complexes?
They hold the antigens that are presented to T cells
True or false - MHCs are only used in humoral immunity?
False - they are used in both humoral and cell-dependent immunity
What sort of MHC are HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C?
They are all class 1 molecules, found on all nucleated cells
What are HLA-DR, HLA-DQ and HLA-DP all examples of?
Class II molecules, found on dendritic cells, macrophages and B cells
Which type of MHC molecules present to intracellular pathogens?
Class I
What type of MHC molecule present to extracellular molecules?
Class II molecules