Inflammation Flashcards
5 steps of inflammatory response
recognition recruitment removal regulation resolution
signs of inflammation
dolor calor rubor tumor functio laesa (loss of function)
acute inflammation
minutes or hours
mainly neutrophils
usually mild
prominent
chronic inflammation
days
monocytes/macrophages and lymphocytes
often severe and progressive
less prominent; subtle
monocyte
large cell with a nucleus that does not fill cell space
lymphocyte
cell with a nucleus that mostly fills cell space
stimuli for acute inflammation
infection, trauma, necrosis, foreign bodies, immune reactions
vascular reaction (acute inflammation)
increased vasodilation and vascular permeability
cell response (acute reaction)
emigration of leukocytes from the circulation and accumulation at the focus of injury followed by activation of leukocytes
pattern recognition receptors
receptors that sense infectious pathogens and substances
inflammasome
a cytoplasmic complex that identifies products of damaged cells and activated capsase-1
hydrostatic pressure
pressure due to the water molecules being pushed slightly close together by the heart beating
higher at arterial end of the capillaries
oncotic pressure
large amounts of protein in the blood exerts an osmotic pressure that pulls water into the blood
constant pressure
edema
accumulation of free fluid in interstitial spaces increased hydrostatic pressure loss of plasma protein increased capillary permeability lymphatic obstruction
major mediator of vessel changes
histamine
difference between mast cell and basophil
mast cell is a lot bigger
basophil has smaller nucleus and a ton of granulocytes
how do leukocytes get to the site of inflammation?
- margination and rolling
- adhesion
- transmigration
- chemotaxis
first cell to respond to inflammation
neutrophil (6-24 hrs), then monocyte
how do leukocytes destroy a pathogen
- recognition and attachment to pathogen (pattern recognition receptors, opsonins, cytokine receptors)
- engulfment of pathogen (when opsonins are sensed)
- killing and degradation of pathogen
classical pathway
activated by antibody immune complexes
non classical pathway
activated by LPS
cyclooxygenase
will turn arachidonic acid into prostaglandins, prostacyclins, and thromboxanes
prostaglandins
inflammation, clotting, thermoregulation
prostacyclins
vasodilation, inhibit platelet activation, reduces clotting