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Innate Immunity: Barriers, Organs, and Cells Flashcards

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When does the body acquire the innate immune system, specificity, and time of response?

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In place at birth
Non-specific
Responds immediately

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What are the 3 main components of the innate immune system?

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  1. Physical/physiological barriers
  2. Antimicrobial molecules
  3. Sentinel/phagocytic cells
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What are the components of the epithelium that aid in its immune barrier?

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Tight junctions
Cell turnover

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What are the components of the mucus/tears/sebum that aid in its immune barrier?

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pH
lysozyme- breaks down outer cell wall
bile
pancreatic enzymes

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What are the components of the flushing/peristalsis that aid in its immune barrier?

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mucociliary apparatus

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Four physical/physiological barriers?

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  1. Epithelium
  2. Mucus/tears/sebum
  3. Flushing/peristalsis
  4. Commensal flora
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What are antimicrobial molecules produced by?

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Epithelial cells and leukocytes

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Functions of antimicrobial molecules?

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  1. Direct toxicity to bacteria, fungi, protozoa, enveloped viruses, tumor cells
  2. Activate/recruit leukocytes
  3. Bind/neutralize lipopolysaccharide
  4. Stimulates wound healing, vascularization
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4 examples of antimicrobial molecules?

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  1. Defensins
  2. Cathelicidins
  3. Lysozyme
  4. Lactoferrin
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10
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Example of an opsonin?

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C3b

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What are the mucosal antibodies of opsonins?

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IgM, IgA, IgG

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12
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What type of protein is the intersection between adaptive and innate immunity?

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Opsonins

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What are opsonins more susceptible to and why?

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More susceptible to phagocytosis because they are extracellular molecules that bind to microbes

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Three examples of sentinel cells?

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Mast cells
Macrophages
Dendritic cells

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Function of mast cells?

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Initiate inflammation

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Function of macrophages?

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Inflammation and phagocytosis

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17
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Function of dendritic cells?

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Process antigen to start adaptive response

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18
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Where are sentinel cell mainly located?

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Bone marrow

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Where are sentinel cells produced?

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Hematopoiesis

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20
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What cells are myeloid?

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Granulocytes, mast cells, monocytes/macrophages, myeloid dendritic cells

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What are the primary lymphoid organs?

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Bone marrow/Bursa of Fabricus
Thymus

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What cells are lymphoid?

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T and B cells, natural killer cells

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22
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What are secondary lymphoid organs?

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Spleen
Lymph nodes
Tonsils
MALT/GALT (peyer’s patches)/BALT

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23
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Stem cells are self what?

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renewing

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23
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What cells comprise the majority of innate immune cells?

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Basophils, neutrophils, eosinophil, monocyte, macrophage, myeloid dendritic cell, NKC, Lymphoid DC

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24
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Write out the pathway of hematopoiesis.

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25
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Two adaptive immune cells?

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T and B lymphocytes

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26
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Where do lymphocytes mature?

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generative lymphoid organs

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26
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Draw out the maturation of mononuclear phagocytes and dendritic cells.

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27
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Development of lymphocytes in birds and marrow? T cells?

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Bird- bursa of fabricius
Mammal- Bone marrow
T cells- thymus

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28
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Where do lymphocytes develop?

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Bone marrow

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29
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Where do mature naive B cells and T cells circulate to?

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secondary lymphoid organs

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30
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What are myeloid cells defined by?

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Cell shape, nucleus shape, granule staining

31
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Describe pathway of naive B and T cells?

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respond to antigens in secondary lymphoid tissues or return by lymphatic drainage to the blood and recirculate through other secondary lymphoid organs

32
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Two cell shape types?

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Round vs. irregular

33
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Two shapes of nucleus?

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Round vs. multilobulated

34
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Granule staining eosin?

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Eosinophils

35
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Hematoxylin granule staining?

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Basophil/mast cell

36
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Little dye uptake?

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Neutrophil

36
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What type cell is the majority of circulating leukocytes?

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Neutrophils

37
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Appearance of neutrophils?

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Multilobular nucleus
Pale-staining granules

38
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Role of neutrophils?

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First responders that aren’t in the tissue

39
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Primary function of neutrophils?

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Primary function to kill infecting microbes

40
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Draw out what granule contents do?

41
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What are heterophils?

A

In rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs they act like neutrophils

42
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Birds heterophils lack significant ________.

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myeloperoxidase

43
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What do neutrophil extracellular traps do?

A

Nuclear contents extruded

44
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NETosis type of process?

45
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What are DNA coated with in NETosis?

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histones and granule components

46
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What does NETosis capture?

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microbes, kills them, destroys virulence factors

47
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Where are NET traps abundant?

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At sites of acute inflammation

48
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Where do eosinophils live (type of tissue)?

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connective tissue

49
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Eosinophil shape and nuclei shape?

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Round; round to multilobular

50
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Eosinophil granules are _____________ (color)

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brightly eosinophilic

51
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When do basophils migrate into tissues?

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multicellular parasite infections, late phase allergic reactions

51
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Primary function of eosinophils? Plays a role in?

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Multicellular parasites; allergic responses

52
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Basophil cell shape, nuclei shape, and color?

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Round, multilobulated, deeply basophilic

52
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Monocytes are the circulating precursors of what two cells?

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DCs and macrophages

53
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Macrophage shape, nucleus shape, color, and cytoplasm appearance?

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large amoeboid, round, pale basophilic, vacuolated cytoplasm

53
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Basophil function?

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Th2 response

53
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Monocyte function?

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Respond to inflamed tissues

53
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Monocytes shape, nucleus shape, cytoplasm appearance?

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Irregular, round to bean-shaped, pale basophilic with vacuoles

54
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Functions of macrophages?

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Sentinel cells- produce cytokines
phagocytosis
antigen presentation

54
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Where do dendritic cells live?

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connective tissue

54
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Dendritic cells type of process?

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Dendrite-like

55
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The most effective function of dendritic cells?

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Antigen presentation

56
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Where do mast cells reside?

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Connective tissue near blood vessels and nerves

57
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Mast cell granule appearance?

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Fine, basophilic granules

58
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4 functions of mast cells?

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Vasodilation, Vascular permeability, Recruit other leukocytes, allergic responses

59
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Why do NKC not need prior sensitization and doesn’t express T or B cell receptors?

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Have lymphoid lineage

60
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Size of NKC? Granule appearance?

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Larger than other lymphocytes; fine, azurophilic (burgundy)

61
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Functions (2) of NKC?

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1st line of defense against viruses
Secrete cytotoxic granules that drive apoptosis

62
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Neutrophil acute or chronic problem?

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Macrophage acute or chronic problem?

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Lymphocyte acute or chronic problem?

65
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Plasma cell acute or chronic problem?

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Neutrophils cause?

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Extracellular bacteria

67
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Macrophages cause?

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intracellular bacteria/parasites, fungi, foreign bidy

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Eosinophil cause?

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extracellular parasites, allergy

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Mast cell cause?

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Basophil cause?

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Eosinophil cause?

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