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L11 Flashcards

1
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What cells secrete IFN gamma?

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CTL (cytotoxic t lymophocytes?) and other cells

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2
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What does IFN gamma do?

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Enhance expression of MHCI (endogenous derived peptides ) (IFN gamma R on cell and then transcription
effects on MHC I locus)

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3
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Why is having more MHCI more likely to get a better immune response?

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More Ag presentation by increased no. of MHCI molecules

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4
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What happens to cells that lack MHCI?

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More likely to be killed by NK cells

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5
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What is the other role of IFN gamma?

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Activate NK cells

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6
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What are the two types of immunity?

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Active and passive

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Give an example of the two types of active immunity and how it’s acquired?

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Being exposed to a pathogen naturally, or getting a vaccine

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8
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Give an example of the two types of passive immunity and how it’s acquired?

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Naturally acquired (breastfeeding) or artificially acquired (acquiring Ab from another person)

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9
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How do we achieve immunisation

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Through vaccination

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10
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What is the half life for passive immunity?

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Short (half-life of IgG about 3 weeks)

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Give some examples of medical uses of passive immunity

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Hypogammaglobulinaemia in infants as maternal IgG
declines
IVIgG every 2-4 weeks for immunodeficiency to maintain
protective levels
Tetanus antitoxin

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13
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What is hypogammaglobulinaemia

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When maternal IgG is degraded

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14
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What is a characteristic of active immunity?

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Memory

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15
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What is the most dominant Ig class in our circulation?

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IgG

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16
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Compare secondary vs primary active immunity

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faster, greater in magnitude, may be qualitatively better (higher affinity Ab)

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17
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Who can immunisation protect?

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The individual and the population - the disease declines if the majority of the population is immune

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18
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How many people died from Measles in 2022?

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136,000 people

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19
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What are some of the serious complications that can be caused by measles?

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ear infection, pneumonia (esp in young children), sub-accute scloriding panencephalitis (SSPE) (rare but fatal complication involving the CNS)

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20
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When was the first vaccine introduced for measles?

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1963

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21
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When was MMR introduced?

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1988

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22
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What percentage of the population had to be immunised to prevent outbreaks?

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83-94%

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23
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What impacted the uptake of vaccination of MMR?

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A paper in 1998 linking MMR to autism

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24
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What are the requirements of an effective vaccine?

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Safe
High level of protection
Long-lasting protection
Right type of response (local or systemic; antibody or cell-mediated immunity)
Low cost
Stable
Easy to administer
Minimal side-effects

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25
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What do vaccines contain?

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Induce protective response to pathogen without causing disease

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26
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List the different types of vaccines

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Inactivated, attenuated, subunit, toxoid, conjugate

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27
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What do inactivated vaccines contain?

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dead organisms

28
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Give an example of an inactivated vaccine

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Salk polio vaccine

29
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What are the points that need to be taken in consideration when making an inactivated organism

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Important antigens must survive killing
May have side-effects

30
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What do attenuated vaccines contain?

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live but virulence disabled - contains live vaccine but is altered?

31
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Give examples of live/attenuated vaccines

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Vaccinia (smallpox), sabin (polio - drop on tongue w sugar), MMR or BCG

32
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What are the pros of live vaccines?

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Single dose effective
May be given by natural route
May induce local and systemic immunity
May induce right type of response

33
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What are the cons of live vaccines?

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Reversion to virulence
Possibility of contamination
Susceptible to inactivation
Causes disease in immunocompromised host

34
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What is polio caused by?

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enterovirus

35
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What is the route through which polio is spread?

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faeco-oral route

36
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What is the main age group that contract polio

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children under 5

37
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What is the rate of patients that end up with paralysis

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1/200 (0.05%)

38
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What is polio a member of?

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picornaviridae

39
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What sort of RNA does polio have?

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positive sense RNA

40
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What happens to the RNA in polio?

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translated into a large polypeptide which is cleaved post-translation

41
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How many strains of polio are there?

42
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Where is polio more common

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Regions like Afghanistan and Pakistan

43
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What do subunit vaccines contain?

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Isolated antigens

44
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Give examples of diseases that use subunit vaccines

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Hep B, pneumococcal polysaccharide

45
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What is tetanus toixoid

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inactivated form of a protein exotoxin secreted by the bacteria

46
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What do conjugate vaccines contain?

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Capsular polysaccharide conjugated to a protein

47
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Give examples of diseases that have conjugate vaccines

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Hib, MenC, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (prevnar 13),

48
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How do conjugate vaccines alter the immune response?

A

TI-2 polysachharide antigen to a thymus dependent TD

49
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What is reverse vaccinology

A

Screening of the whole genome to identify proteins that could be used as vaccines

50
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Give an example of a disease that uses reverse vaccinology

A

Neisseria meningitidis group B

51
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How many novel surface proteins were identified in Neisseria meningitidis group B

52
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How many induced bacterial Ab in Neisseria meningitidis group B

53
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How many components in the Neisseria meningitidis group B vaccine

54
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What are some additional conditions that should be considered when developing a vaccine

A

Inducing the right type of immunity as the wrong type of immune response can do more harm than good

55
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Give an example for vaccines causing more harm than good due to the wrong immune response type

A

1960 vaccine for resp. syncitial virus - vaccinated children suffered more serious infections with RSV

56
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What are adjuvants?

A

A substance administered with an antigen to promote the immune response

57
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Why do we no longer use oil adjuvants anymore in humans?

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very stimulatory and can lead to necrotic regions

58
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Why do we use adjuvants?

A

Pure antigens often elicit only weak immune responses

59
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How do adjuvants enhance immune responses?

A

Providing a depot and by providing immunostimulatory properties

60
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What are the ways adjuvants can act in?

A

Activate dendritic cells via TLRs or NLRs
Cause release of endogenous danger signals
Promote antigen uptake by dendritic cells
Stimulate release of chemokines/cytokines
Promote ‘cross-presentation’ of exogenous antigens by class I

61
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What type of adjuvants are used in animals?

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Freunds adjuvant: oil in water emulsion
Freunds complete adjuvant: also contains mycobacteria

62
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What type of adjuvants are used in humans?

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alum most commonly used
aluminium hydroxide or aluminium phosphate
Licensed in 1920s
Better for Ab responses than cell mediated immunity

63
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What are the more recent clinical uses of newer adjuvants?

A

MF95 (novaritis_
ASO3 (GSK)
ASO4 (GSK)
MenB
Men ACWY
Influenza
Shingles
RSV

64
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What vaccine has had the fastest rate of vaccine development globally

A

SARS-CoV-19

65
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How many vaccines were ready at the clinical trial stage?

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