Innate/Adaptive Immunity

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Innate Immunity

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includes a variety of mechanisms that can prevent infection or eliminate pathogen

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_____ immunity is present in all individuals at all times

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Innate immunity

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_____ immunity has earliest response to infection/ Minutes/hours

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Innate immunity

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_____ immunity recognizes groups of similar pathogens (not “antigen-specific”)

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Innate immunity

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____ immunity does not increase with repeated exposure to a pathogen (no “memory”)

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Innate immunity

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Examples of Innate Immunity

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Mechanical barriers
Biologically active substances
Cellular

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C-Reactive Proteins

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Biologically active substance that is used to measure infection

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mononuclear phagocytic cells that are present in most tissues

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Macrophages

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____ are derived from monocytes

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macrophages

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enter infected tissues to engulf and kill extracellular pathogens, especially bacteria

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Neutrophils

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also known as: polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN)

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Neutrophils

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function is to kill parasites that are too large to be ingested by phagocytes

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Eosinophils

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Involved in allergic responses

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Eosinophils

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Found in connective tissues throughout the body. They are involved in responses to parasites (especially helminths) and in allergic responses.

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Mast cells

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Found in the blood and are thought to have a similar function as mast cells

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Basophils

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Can detect and kill your own cells if they develop tumor of become infected

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Natural Killer Cells

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Found in tissues and function to

detect infection and elicit an innate response

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Dendritic cells

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Cells of the innate immune system have receptors for pathogens called

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pattern recognition receptors (PRR)

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microbial product recognized by a PRR is called

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pathogen associated molecular pattern (PAMP).

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A pattern recognition receptor (PRR) that recognizes lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from gram negative bacteria

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TLR-4

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ADAPTIVE (ACQUIRED) IMMUNITY

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Are host defenses mediated by the clonal expansion and differentiation of antigen-specific lymphocytes (B cells and T cells).

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____ immunity requires sensitization by antigen (Ag)

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adaptive immunity

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____ immunity develops over days/weeks

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adaptive immunity

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____ immunity has antigen-specific response

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adaptive immunity

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____ immunity results in immunological memory

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adaptive immunity

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Adaptive immunity can be classified as ____ immunity or _____ immunity

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Adaptive immunity can be classified as humoral immunity or cell-mediated immunity

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______ immunity is mediated by antigen-specific antibodies (Ab) produced by activated B cells (plasma cells)

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Humoral immunity is mediated by antigen-specific antibodies (Ab) produced by activated B cells (plasma cells)

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In humoral immunity, antibodies can be transferred to _____ recipients by ______.

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In humoral immunity, antibodies can be transferred to non-immune (naïve) recipients by immune serum (antiserum).

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_______ immunity are adaptive immune responses primarily involving antigen-specific T lymphocytes (T cells).

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Cell-mediated Immunity (CMI) are adaptive immune responses primarily involving antigen-specific T lymphocytes (T cells).

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______ immunity can be transferred to naïve recipients by T cells, but not by immune serum.

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Cell-mediated immunity can be transferred to naïve recipients by T cells, but not by immune serum.

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Proliferation and differentiation to produce effector cells and memory cells (both T and B cells)

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Clonal Selection

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Clonal selection process (sequence)

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Antigen-recognition->proliferation->Clone of memory cells +clone of plasma cells

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POLYCLONAL antibodies responses

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Many clones of B-cells will be able to recognize a specific shape in the antigen

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Epitope

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Specific shape in the antigen recognized by antibodies

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Primary Lymphoid organs

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Bone Marrow (involved in B-cell development)
Thymus (Involved in T-cell development)

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Secondary Lymphoid Organs (5)

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Are “bags of immune cells” and include:

Adenoid
Tonsil
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Peyer's Patches

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Antibody (Immunoglobulin) Structure is composed of:

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Two heavy chains (H-chains) and two light chains (L-chains)

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Disulfide bond link between antibody heavy chains is called ___

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hinge

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Digestion of antibody (aka Ig) with low concentration of ______ cleaves exposed hinge region and produces ____ and ____ fragments

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Digestion of antibody (aka Ig) with low concentration of proteolytic enzyme papain cleaves exposed hinge region and produces Fab and Fc fragments

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Each Fab fragment contains one _____

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Each Fab fragment contains one antigen binding site

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First ~100 units of variable and light chains are highly ____ between antibodies

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variable

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Variable region for the heavy chain (VH) and light chain (VL)

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N terminus

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Contant region of antibody

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C terminus