Lec 19 Mucosal Immunity Flashcards
____ tissue is contiguous with epithelium of skin
mucosal
Mucosal sites
- respiratory tract
- gastrointestinal tract
- urogenital tract
- mammary gland
Mucosal sites are special in function because they must allow for ______ of material
exchange/absorption
What are anatomical features of mucosal immune system?
- interactions between mucosal epithelia and lymphoid tissue
- discrete compartments/organized structure of diffuse lymphoid tissue (Peyer’s patch/tonsils)
- specialized antigen uptake mechanisms (M cells)
What are the effector mechanisms of mucosal immunity?
- activated/memory T cells even in absence of infection
- activated natural effector/regulatory T cells
- Secretory IgA
- distinctive microbiota
Describe the immunoregulatory environment of the mucosal immune system
active downregulation of immune responses (food and other nondangerous foreign antigens)
inhibitory macrophages and tolerance inducing DCs
adenoids, palatine tonsils, and lingual tonsils make up _________, the entry to the GI tract
Waldeyer’s ring
________ increase surface area and the interactions between lymphoid tissue and the lumen at mucosal immune sites
invaginations
GALT are comprised of _____ and ______
scattered lymphoid cells and organized lymphoid tissues
_______ is an example of an organized lymphoid tissue
Peyer’s patch
Peyer’s Patch has lymphatics draining to _____ lymph node
mesenteric
organized tissue sites are ______ sites, where _____ occurs
inductive;
antigen presentation to B and T cells
scattered lymphoid cells are nonorganized and are ____ sites
effector
scattered lymphoid cells can be _______ or ______
intraepithelial
lamina propria
lamina propria
subepithelial tissue in gut
scattered lymphoid cells are ____ cells from Peyer’s patch
effector (activated)
Peyer’s patch has _____ made up of M cells, two _____ areas, and B cell areas: a _____ and a ______
a dome;
T cell;
follicle;
germinal center
M cells
multifenestrated or microfold cells
- do not secrete mucus
- no glycocalyx
- interact directly with particple in gut lumen
M cells take up antigen by _____ and _____
endocytosis and phagocytosis
antigen is transported _____ M cells in _____ and released at the basal surface (transcytosis)
across;
vesicles
at basal surface of M cells, antigen is bound by ______
DC