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Inflammation Flashcards

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What are the four cardinal features of inflammation?

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Rubor - redness
Calor - Heat
Tumor - swelling
Dolor - pain

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What causes rubor?

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Vascular leakage leads to an accumulation of blood contents, including red blood cells which causes the redness

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What causes calor at a site of inflammation?

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High metabolism of infiltrating immune cells all generate heat. Also the increased presence of fluid at core body temperature at a site that usually has limited exposure

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What is inflammation?

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A non specific immune response to cellular injury which is designed to remove damaged cells and clear threats such as infections and pathogens

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What are the causes of inflammation?

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Pathogens, allergens, physical damage, extreme temperatures, autoantigens

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Where can inflammation occur?

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Any vascularised tissue

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When is inflammation initiated?

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When cellular damage leads to the release of Damage Associated Molecular Pathogens (DAMPs) or Pathogen Associated Molecular Pathogens (PAMPs)

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What causes swelling at a site of inflammation?

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Vascular leakage increases blood flow into the inflamed tissue, leading to tissue buildup

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What causes pain in an inflamed area?

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Many of the mediators that signal to endothelial and immune cells during inflammation also signal on local nerve cells

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What is meant by acute inflammation?

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A short term process occuring in response to tissue injury, normally associated with rapid onset and resolution

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What is acute inflammation characterised by?

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Neutrophil recruitment

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What triggers the release of DAMPs and PAMPs?

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Non-apoptotic cell death eg due to a wound for example

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What vasodilators do mast cells release?

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Nitric oxide and histamine

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What are the vascular changes associated with the release of histamine and nitric oxide?

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  • Increase permeability of blood vessel wall
  • Dilation
  • Plasma leakage
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What 4 benefits does increased vascular permeability and leakage into an inflamed site bring? BALP

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forms a BARRIER
more ANTIBODIES
more LEUKOCYTE migration
more PROTEINS to the site

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16
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Why do we experience pain during inflammation?

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Due to the release of prostaglandins

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How do neutrophils move to areas of damage?

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Via chemotaxis, following a concentration gradient of chemotoxins including C5a, LTB4 and bacterial peptides

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What is exudate?

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Fluid, protein and cells that have seeped out a blood vessel

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What does the exudate form?

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A separation between healthy tissue and the inflamed tissue - acts as a physical barrier

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How are neutrophils able to migrate towards the chemokine source?

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They express complementary chemokine receptors which allow them to migrate towards the course

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What is meant by neutrophil extravasation?

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The movement of neutrophils from the vasculature into the surrounding tissue to reach the site of inflammation

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What are the four steps of neutrophil extravasation?

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  1. Chemo-attraction
  2. Rolling adhesion
  3. Tight Adhesion
  4. Transmigration
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What are the two adhesion molecules which are upregulated by cytokines?

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P-selectin and E-selectin

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How do neutrophils recognise selectin molecules on the endothelium?

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They have complementary carbohydrate ligands which bind to the selectin molecules

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What is rolling adhesion?

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When there is gentle interaction between the selectin molecules and the surface ligands which bind, causing the neutrophils to roll along the endothelium

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What is the name of the P selectin ligand?

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PSGL1

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27
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What promotes the low to high affinity switch in integrins?

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Chemokines

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What is meant by transmigration?

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The movement of the neutrophil through the endothelial wall which involves the cytoskeleton of the neutrophil to be rearranged

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What molecule mediates the transmigration of the neutrophil molecule?

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PECAM

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30
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What are the three functions of neutrophils at the site of inflamation?

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  1. Pathogen recognition
  2. Pathogen clearance
  3. Cytokine secretion
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How do neutrophils recognise pathogens?

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They use the TLR4 receptor to identify lipopolysaccharides that are present in gram negative bacteria for example

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32
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How do neutrophils clear pathogens?

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By phagocytosis

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33
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Describe the process of phagocytosis?

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  1. Pathogen is engulfed into phagosome
  2. Phagosome fuses with enzyme containing vesicles forming a phagolysosome
  3. This is degraded by enzymes through acidifcation
34
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What is released during phagocytosis which causes oxidative damage?

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ROS - reactive oxygen species

35
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Give 3 reasons why the release of exudate is helpful?

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Leads to increased lymphatic drainage and also allows plasma proteins like fibrin to be directly delivered to site of inflammation. Also helps to form a physical barrier between inflamed and healthy tissue

36
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Why are histamine molecules turned over rapidly?

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They are small molecules and therefore are rapidly degraded

37
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What produces anti-inflammatory mediators to resolve acute inflammation?

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Macrophages

38
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How can acute inflammation be resolved through repair?

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Infiltrating WBC clear the wound of dead cells and pathogens and release growth factors which stimulate tissue repair - ECM deposition

39
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How do macrophages clear apoptotic cells?

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They engulf them

40
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When does chronic inflammation occur?

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When the acute response cannot clear the stimuli

41
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What does chronic inflammation result in?

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Scarring and loss of tissue function

42
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What drive continual inflammation in chronic inflammation?

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Antigens

43
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Why is persistent neutrophil activation bad?

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It is highly toxic and leads to rapid tissue destruction

44
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What is a foreign antigen?

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an antigen derived from molecules not found in the body

45
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What is a self antigen?

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An antigen derived from molecules produced by our bodies

46
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What is an immunogen?

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An antigen independantly capable of driving an immune response in absence to additional substances

47
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What is a hapten?

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A small molecule that alone does not act as an antigen but when bound to a larger molecule it can create an antigen

48
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What is granulomatous inflammation?

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Chronic inflammation with distinct patterns of granuloma formation

49
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Name some diseases characterised by chronic inflammation?

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Rhuematoid Arthritis
Asthma
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Hepatitis
Psriasis
50
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Name some diseases associated with granulomatous inflammation?

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TB
Leprosy
Tumour reactions
Crohn’s Disease

51
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What are some persistent inflammatory stimuli found in chronic inflammation?

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Persistent/prolonger infection

Persistent toxic stimuli like allergens and pollutants

Unclearable particulates

Self-antigens

52
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What does the distinct immune cell infiltrate found in chronic inflammation consist of?

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Inflammatory macrophages
T cells
Plasma Cells

53
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How are macrophages recruited to the site of inflammation?

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As monocytes

54
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What are the benefits of macrophages being recruited to the site of inflammation?

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Phagocytosis
Cytotoxic
Anti-inflammatory
Help repair wound by building ECM

55
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What are the bad things associated with macrophages being recruited to the area?

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They can cause damage to healthy surrounding tissue
Inflammatory
Pro-fibrotic, deposit excess collagen

56
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What pro-inflammatory signals do T cells release?

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TNF, IL-17 and IFN-gamma

57
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How do T cells promote remodelling and suppression of the immune system?

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TGF-beta

58
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How do T cells act in a cytotoxic manner?

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through the release of perforin and granzymes

59
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What do B cells do in an chronic inflammatory response?

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Generate antibodies that help to clear infection

60
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Which white blood cell can act remotely during chronic inflammation?

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B cells

61
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What are granulomas?

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Aggregation of activated macrophages

62
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What triggers granuloma formation?

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Strong T cell responses

63
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What is the job of the granulomas?

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To form a physical barrier to prevent pathogenic material from leaking out granuloma, thus allowing macrophages to clear he material

64
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What are the differences between acute and chronic inflammation?

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Acute:

  • Rapid onset
  • Lasts days
  • Vasodilation
  • Neutrophils predominate
  • Histamine release
  • Scarring
  • Either resolved or moves on to chronic inflammation

Chronic:

  • Delayed onset
  • Lasts years
  • Ongoing tissue injury and attempts at healing
  • Monocytes and macrophages dominate
  • Prominent scarring
65
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What type of cell dominates during chronic inflammation?

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Monocytes / Macrophages

66
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How long may a chronic inflammatory reaction last for?

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Weeks, months or even years

67
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What is continually released during chronic inflammation?

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Cytokine release

68
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What are the long term consequences of inflammation called?

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The sequelae

69
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What are the three possible outcomes of injury?

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  1. Regeneration
  2. Repair / scar formation
  3. Tissue scarring categorized by chronic inflammation
70
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What does resolution after injury involve?

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The clearance of injurious stimuli, and inflammatory mediators, replace injured cells and return to normal function

71
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What does fibrosis involve as an sequalae of inflammation?

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the deposition of collagen leading to excess tissue scarring and therefore the inability of the tissue to carry out its function

72
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What is deposited when wounds heal?

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ECM deposited

73
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How do scars form?

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When the collagen is unable to be removed from the site of endothelial repair

74
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Why does an inflammed area become hot?

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the increased presence of fluid at core body temperature at a site that would otherwise have a limited exposure to this. During inflammation infiltrating immune cells are also highly metabolically active, which may also contribute to the generation of heat as a by-product.

75
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What are the positive outcomes of inflammation?

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Clear inflammatory agent.
Remove damaged cells
Restore normal tissue function

76
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What are the negative outcomes of inflammation?

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Excess tissue damage
Scarring
Loss of organ function -> organ failure

77
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What does a histopathologist do?

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Deals with tissues, examines them and notes the architecture of the tissue and identify what it tells us about a particular condition

78
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79
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Describe how neutrophils are able to emigrate through the blood vessel walls?

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Through the relaxation of inter-endothelial cell junctions and digestion of vascular basement membrane

80
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Which chemokines released by macrophages cause chemo-attraction of neutrophils to the site of injury?

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TNF and IL-1

81
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Which epithelial ligand mediates transmigration of neutrophils to into the site of damage?

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PECAM

82
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Which chemokines cause the switch from low affinity ligands to high affinity ligands?

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LFA-1 and MAC-1

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