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Innate Immunity Flashcards

1
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What is virulence?

A

Capacity of microbe to damage host

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What is the definition of the immune system?

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Cells and organs that contribute to immune defences against infectious and non-infection conditions

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What is infectious disease?

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When the pathogen succeeds in evading the host’s immune defences

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4
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What are the roles of the immune system?

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Pathogen recognition
Containing the infection
Regulating itself
Remembering pathogens

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5
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What are some features of innate immunity?

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Immediate protection 
Fast
Lack of specificity
Lack of memory
No change in intensity
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What physical barriers are involved in the innate immune system?

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Skin
Mucous membranes (mouth, respiratory tract, GI tract, urinary tract)
Bronchial cilia

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What physiological barriers are part of the innate immune system?

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Diarrhoea, vomiting, coughing, sneezing

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What chemical barriers are involved in the innate immune system?

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Low pH of skin, stomach, vagina
IgA (tears, saliva, mucous membrane)
Lysozyme (sebum, perspiration, urine)
Mucous 
Beta-defending (epithelium)
Gastric acid and pepsin
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What biological barriers are part of the innate immune system?

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Normal flora in nasopharynx, mouth/throat, skin, GI tract, vagina

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What are the benefits of having normal flora?

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Compete with pathogens for attachment sites and resources

Produce antimicrobial chemicals

Synthesise vitamins (K, B12, other B vitamins)

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11
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What normal flora are found within the vagina?

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Lactobacillus spp

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What are some examples of normal flora that inhabit the skin?

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Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococcus pyogenes
Candida albicans
Clostridium perfringens
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What are some examples of normal flora that inhabit the nasopharynx?

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
Haemophilus species

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When do clinical problems involving normal flora occur?

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When normal flora are displaced from its normal location to sterile location

Or when they overgrow

Or when they are depleted by antibiotics

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Are macrophages present in all organs?

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Yes

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What are the functions of macrophages?

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Phagocytosis, antigen presentation, production of cytokines

17
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Where are monocytes present?

18
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What is the function of monocytes?

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They are recruited at infection site and differentiate into macrophages

19
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Where are neutrophils present?

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Blood (60% of blood leukocytes)

20
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What are neutrophils recruited by?

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Recruited by chemokines to site of infection

21
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What is the function of neutrophils?

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Ingest and destroy pyrogenic bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes

22
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What is the function of basophils/mast cells?

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Early actors of inflammation, important in allergic responses

23
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What is the function of eosinophils?

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Defence against multi-cellular parasites

24
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What is the function of natural killer cells?

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Kill all abnormal host cells (eg virus infected or cancer cells)

25
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What is the function of dendritic cells?

A

Present antigens to T cells

26
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What is opsonisation of microbes?

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Coating proteins called opsonins that bind to the microbial surfaces leading to enhanced attachment of phagocytes and clearance of microbes

27
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What are some examples of opsonins?

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Complement proteins (C3b and C4b)
Antibodies (IgG, IgM)
Acute phase proteins (CRP, MBL)

28
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What is the oxygen-dependent pathway of phagocytosis?

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Toxic oxygen products produced to kill the pathogens - hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl, nitric oxide etc

29
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What is involved in the oxygen-independent pathway?

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Lysozyme, lactoferrin/transferrin, cationic proteins (eg cathepsin), proteolytic and hydrolytic enzymes

30
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How many serum proteins are in the complement pathway?

31
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What is the alternative pathway of the complement system initiated by?

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Cell surface microbial constituents (eg endotoxins on E. Coli)

32
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What are C3a and C5a involved in?

A

Recruitment of phagocytes

33
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What are C3b-C4b involved in?

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Opsonisation of pathogens

34
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What is C5-C9 involved in?

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Killing of pathogens

Membrane Attack Complex

35
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What is the MBL pathway of the complement system initiated by?

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Initiated when MBL binds to mannose containing residues of proteins found on many microbes (eg Salmonella spp. , Candida albicans)

36
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What could cause a decrease in neutrophil number?

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Cancer chemotherapy, certain drugs (phenytoxin), leukaemia and lymphoma

37
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What could cause a decrease in neutrophil function?

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Chronic granulomatous disease (no respiratory burst)

Chediak-Higashi syndrome (no phagolysosome formation)

ESA2 - Infection (12 decks)

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