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Lecture 1 - Innate vs. Adaptive; Pattern Recognition (Bailey) Flashcards

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What is infection?

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Invasion of the body by a microbe that causes damage either directly or indirectly.

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What are the 6 steps of infectious disease?

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  1. Encounter (w/ pathogen)
  2. Entry (into body)
  3. Colonization and/or Invasion
  4. Multiplication and/or Spread
  5. Damage
  6. Outcome
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Does encounter = infection?

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NO!

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Nonspecific Adherence (of a pathogen to a surface)

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reversible
docking
examples: random interaction, electrostatic attractions, etc.

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Specific Adherence (of a pathogen to a surface)

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Irreversible
Anchoring
Involves ADHESINS

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What are adhesins?

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Adhesins are involved in SPECIFIC ADHERENCE. They are on the surface of microbes.
They bind to adhesin receptors, which are very specific.
Example: Strep. mutans uses GLUCOSYL TRANSFERASE as an adherin

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What are the two mechanisms of “spread?”

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  1. LATERAL PROPOGATION to continuous tissues
    • multiply then spread
  2. DISSEMINATION to distant sites
    • spread then multiply
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Is DAMAGE necessary for a microbe to be considered a pathogen?

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Yes

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What is the principal physiological role of the immune system?

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To protect the organism from infectious microbes.

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What are some PHYSICAL BARRIERS of INNATE IMMUNITY?

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  1. epithelial surfaces (skin)
  2. mucosal surfaces
  3. flushing action of tears and saliva
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What is a CHEMICAL BARRIER of INNATE IMMUNITY?

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ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES (AMP)

 - present on mucosal surfaces, skin, etc. 
 - 45 AMPs in saliva alone 
 - tend to be cationic (pathogens are anionic)
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Name 4 AMPs and their function.

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  1. Lysozyme - cleaves peptidoglycan; active against gram + bacteria
  2. Cathelicidin - disrupts bacterial membranes
  3. Defensins - creates pores in microbes
  4. Lactoferrin - sequesters iron that bacteria need to survive
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What is a MICROBIAL BARRIER of INNATE IMMUNITY?

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Microbiota

 - outnumbers cells of the body 10:1
 - outnumbers human genes 100:1
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14
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What 2 categories are leukocytes divided into?

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  1. Innate Cells
    • first responders
    • non-specific
  2. Adaptive Immune Cells
    • respond later
    • specific
    • MHC restricted
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Where to INNATE immune cells come from?

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Myeloid cells

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Where to ADAPTIVE immune cells come from?

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Lymphoid Cells

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What are the cells of the INNATE immune system?

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  1. Monocytes/Macrophages
  2. Neutrophils
  3. Dendritic Cells
  4. Other Granulocytes
    • eosinophils
    • basophils
    • mast cells
  5. Natural Killer Cells
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Main role of Eosinophils?

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parasitic infections (recognizes IgE-coated parasites)

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Do neutrophils present antigens?

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No, they just kill.

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Which cells of the innate immune system are great antigen-presenting cells?

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Monocytes/Macrophages and Dendritic cells

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21
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How are monocytes and macrophages different?

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Monocytes - in circulation

Macrophages - in tissue

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What are the 3 important function of macrophages?

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  1. Kill
  2. Present Antigen
  3. Produce cytokines
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23
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What cell of the innate immune response has a multi-lobed nucleus?

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Neutrophil aka Polymorphonuclear Cell (PMN)

-granulocyte

24
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What is the main function of a neutrophil?

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What is the main function of a dendritic cell

A

Antigen presentation

26
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What is the PRINCIPAL cell type that LINKS the innate immune response to the adaptive immune response?

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Dendritic Cell

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What are the cells of the ADAPTIVE immune response?

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B cells
T cells
Natural Killer Cells

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Where do B cells mature?

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bone marrow

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Where to T cells mature?

30
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Where to the cells of adaptive immunity come from?

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Common LYMPHOID progenitor

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What are the two components of ADAPTIVE immunity?

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  1. Humoral Component
    • B cell mediated
  2. Cell-Mediated Component
    • T cell mediated
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What are the two types of T-cells, and what do they do?

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  1. Helper T-cells (produce cytokines that attract, activate, and inactivate leukocytes)
  2. Cytotoxic T-cells (kill virally infected cells and tumor cells)
33
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Which MHC to CD4+ (helper) T-cells recognize?

34
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Which MHC to CD8+ (cytotoxic) T-cells recognize?

35
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Where are cell of the adaptive immune system activated?

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within lymph nodes

36
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How are T and B cells activated in a lymph node (LN)?

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  1. microbe infects host
  2. microbe is taken up by APC @ site of infection
  3. APC enters lymph circulation and into LN
  4. Naive T and B cells enter LN from circulation
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What is a Pathogen Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP)?

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PAMPs are unique structures on microbes (that often involve repeated structures) that are recognized by INNATE immune cells.

38
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What is an example of a PAMP on Gram Negative bacteria?

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contains repeated sugars that can be recognized by pattern recognition receptors (PRR) on innate immune cells.

39
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What is an example of a PAMP on Gram Positive Bacteria?

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Murein and teichoic acids contain repeated sugars that can be recognized by pattern recognition receptors (PRR) on innate immune cells.

40
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What is a Pattern Recognition Receptor (PRR)?

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Receptor that cells of the INNATE immune system use to recognize Pathogen Associated Molecular Patters (PAMPs) on microbes.

41
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Name a key PRR on innate immune cells.

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Toll-like receptor (TLR)

42
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Which type of bacteria does TLR2 recognize?

43
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Which type of bacteria does TLR4 recognize?

44
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What do extracellular surface TLRs recognize?

45
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What do INTRAcellular endosomal TLRs recognize?

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things that are found in endosomes after phagocytosis (such as nucleic acids)

46
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Do TLRs only have to do with innate immune cells?

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TLRs are only found on innate immune cells, but the consequences of TLR litigation affect BOTH innate and adaptive immunity.

47
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What do cells of the adaptive immune system recognize?

48
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What is an antigen?

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any substance that can be SPECIFICALLY bound by a cell of the adaptive immune system

49
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What is an immunogen?

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an antigen that elicits an immune response

50
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What is a Tolerogen?

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an antigen that induces immunological tolerance of immune non-responsiveness.

51
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What is an Allergen?

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an antigen that causes an immediate hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction

52
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T-cells are MHC restricted. What does this mean?

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They cannot recognize antigen alone. It must be presented by MHC.

53
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B-cells are NOT MHC restricted. What does this mean?

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B cells can be directly activated by antigen.

However, T cells are often needed.

54
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What are some important receptors for INNATE immunity antigen recognition?

A
  1. Toll-like receptors (TLR)
  2. N-formyl-methionyl receptor
  3. mannose receptor
  4. scavenger receptor
55
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What are the two types of antigen-specific receptors of the ADAPTIVE immune system?

A

B cell receptor (Ig)
-recognizes solubue intact macromolecules and small chemicals

T cell receptor (TCR)
-ONLY recognizes processed antigen fragments presented by MHC on the surface of antigen presenting cells (APCs)

Micro/Immuno Exam 1 (10 decks)

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