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Lecture 11.The T-Cell Receptor and Antigen Recognition by T-Cells Flashcards

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What is the evolutionary origin of the innate immune system ?

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Earliest animals - all invertebrates and vertebrates

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What is the principal cell in the innate immune system ?

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Phagocytes

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What is the principal effector molecules in the innate immune system ?

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Complement and cytokines

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What is the specificity of the innate immune system ?

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Broad

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What is the speed of the innate immune system ?

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Rapid

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Is the capacity for specific long term memory generation in the innate immune system ?

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No

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What is the evolutionary origin is the adaptive immune system ?

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Vertebrates only

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What is the principal cell in the adaptive immune system ?

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Lymphocytes (B and T cells )

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What are the principal effector molecules in adaptive immune system ?

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Cytokines and antibody

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What is the specificity of the adaptive immune system

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Highly specific (antigen)

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11
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What is the speed of the adaptive immune system ?

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Slow

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What is the capacity for specific long term memory generation ?

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Yes

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What do T-cells recognise ?

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Small pieces of epitopes of protein antigens

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How do proteins get chopped up and how do T cells see them ?

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Antigens are chopped/processed by antigen presenting cells and then presented to T-cells via MHC molecules

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What is the antigen presenting process ?

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  1. Antibodies bind to epitopes displayed on the surface of antigens
  2. The epitopes recognised by T-cell receptors are often buried
  3. The antigen must first be broken down into peptide fragments
    4.The epitope peptide binds to a self molecule called a MHC
    5.The T-cell receptor binds to a complex of MHC molecule and epitope peptide
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16
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What are endogenous antigens presented by ?

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MHC I

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17
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When do T-cells only recognise antigens ?

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When it is presented to them by antigen presenting cells in the context of MHC

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18
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Where do antigen presenting cells capture and present antigens ?

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Capture in tissues and present in lymph nodes

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What is the endogenous antigen processed and presented by ?

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Class I pathway to CD8 T cells (cytotoxic)

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What is the extracellular antigen processed and presented by ?

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Class II pathway to CD4 T cells (helper)

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In a given cell what does each cell express ?

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The same MHC alleles

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What are the phases of an adaptive immune response ?

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  1. Antigen recognition
  2. Lymphocyte activation
  3. Antigen elimination
  4. Contraction (homeostasis)
  5. Memory
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What are naive T-cells ?

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Mature recirculating T-cells that have not encountered their specific antigen

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Where do naive T-cells circulate between ?

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Lymphoid tissue and blood looking for antigen

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How long to naive T-cells survive ?

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Long lived

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26
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What do naive T-cells encounter ?

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Specific antigens in the form of peptide which are presented by the MHC complex on the surface of the antigen presenting cell

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27
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Where do T-cells develope?

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Thymus

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28
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What happens when T-cells encounter their specific antigen ?

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T-cells proliferate and differentiate into cells that contribute to the removal of antigens (effector T-cells)

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29
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What are effector T lymphocyes ?

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Differentiated cells capable of carrying out their specialised functions in the removal of pathogens

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30
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What happens to effector T-cells once the immune response is resolved ?

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  1. Some die off
  2. Others remain as memory T-cells
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31
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What are the T-cell subtypes ?

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  1. Alpha-Beta T-cell
  2. Gamma-delta T-cell
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32
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What are the two types of alpha-beta TCR ?

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  1. Cytotoxic T-cell
  2. Helper T-cell
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What is the function of the cytotoxic T-cell ?

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  1. Express CD8 co-receptor
  2. Kills virus infected cells
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What is the function of the helper T-cell ?

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  1. Express CD4
  2. Activate B-cells and innate immune system
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35
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What is the percentage of cytotoxic T-cells in the blood ?

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20%

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36
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What is the percentage of helper T-cell in the blood ?

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40 %

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What is the gamma-delta cell ?

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  1. Expresses CD4 and CD8
  2. Non MHC restricted
  3. Mucosal defence
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38
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What percentage of gamma delta clls in the blood ?

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1.5 %

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What do all T-cells express ?

40
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What is the key feature of lymphocytes ?

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High specificity

41
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What is the toll like receptor structure similar to ?

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Fab fragment of antibody

42
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What are the regions that a toll like receptor has ?

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Variable and constant regions

43
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Where is the toll like receptor found ?

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Membrane bound

44
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What are CD4/8 molecules involved in ?

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T-cell selection and lineage fate

45
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What are the molecules involved in TCR signalling ?

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CD4/8 and CD3

46
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What do CD4 T-cells recognise ?

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Exogenous antigens

47
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What do CD8 T-cells recognise ?

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Endogenous antigens

48
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What does a particular T-cell receptor recognise ?

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Both peptide/MHC and is highly specific for a particualr peptide

49
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What does a particular MHC bind ?

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Multipe peptides as long as they conform to particular anchor residues

50
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What is antigen presenting cells ?

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  1. Activation of dendritic cells
  2. Antigen processing and presentation via MHC
51
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What is recognised as being foreign in transplants

52
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What happens when immunoglobulin or toll like recpetor molecules recognise antigens ?

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Signals are delivered to the lymphocytes by proteins assoicated with the antigen receptors

53
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What are antiboides expressed as ?

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Membrane receptors or secreted proteins

54
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What do toll like receptors only function as ?

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Membrane receptors

55
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Do toll like receptors have effector functions ?

56
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What do antibodies exert effector functions via ?

57
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What types of antigen does immunoglobulin recognise ?

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  1. Macromolecules (proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, nucleic acids)
  2. Small chemicals
58
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What is antigen recognition mediated by in the immunoglobulin ?

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Variable regions of heavy and light chains of membrane

59
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What are the signaling functions mediated by in the immunoglobulin ?

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Proteins associated with membrane Ig

60
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What are effector functions mediated by in the immunoglobulin ?

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Constant regions of secreted Ig

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What is antigen recognition mediated by in TCR ?

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Variable regions of alpha and beta chains

62
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What are the domains of a typical TCR specific for ?

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A peptide MHC complex

63
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Wat is the antigen binding portion of the TCR formed by ?

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Valpha and Vbeta domains

64
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What does each individual need ?

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T-cells capable of recognising any microbial antigen

65
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What does the variable domain of both the t-cell receptor alpha and beta chain have ?

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Three hypervariable or complementary determinign regions

66
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What are T-cells derived from ?

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Bone marrow progenitors

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Where do T-cells develop ?

68
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What happens to T-cells in the thymus ?

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Gene rearrangement

69
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What is diGeorge syndrome ?

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Have B cells but no T cells

70
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How do B and T lymphocytes go through cycles of proliferations and expression of antigen receptor proteins ?

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Gene recombination

71
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Why do cells that fail to express intact, funtional receptors die by ?

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Apoptosis because they do not receive necessary survival signals

72
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At the end of lymphocyte maturation what do cells undergo ?

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Positive and negative selection

73
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What are the steps in lymphocyte maturation ?

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  1. Commitment
  2. Proliferation
  3. Pre- B/T antigen receptor expression
  4. Proliferation
  5. Antigen receptor expression
  6. Positive and negative selection
74
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What is TCR diversity generated by ?

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Gene rearrangement

75
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What is rearranged in the thymus for each T-cell to provide a unique TCR ?

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Germline DNA

76
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What is the function of recombination signal sequences ?

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Flank TCR gene segments and ensure correct recombination

77
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What are responsible for recombination ?

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Recombinase enzymes including recombination activating genes 1 and 2

78
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What do RAG enzymes do ?

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Recognise RSS sequences - DNA is nicked and unwanted intervening segment is excised

79
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What RSS recombinations are allowed to ensure correct joining ?

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Only 12/23

80
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What is diversity produced by ?

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  1. Random combinations of V,D and J genes
  2. Removal and addition of nucleotides at the V-J or V-D-J
81
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What does junctional diversity maximise ?

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Variations in the CDR3 regions of the antigen receptor proteins

82
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What is CDR3 the site of ?

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V-J and V-D-J recombination

83
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What is diversity increased by ?

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The ability of different Ig heavy and light chains or different TCR alpha and beta chains to associate in different cells, forming different receptors

84
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What is the result of the random nature of TCR gene rearrangement ?

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TCRs generated will be specific for any possible antigen

85
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What does the process that ensures the deletion of self-reacitve T-cells avoid ?

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The release of self-reactive T-cells from the thymus

86
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What are self antigens expressed and under the control of ?

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Expressed in the thymic epithelial cells under the control of the AIRE (autoimmune regulator) gene

87
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What does positive selection ensure ?

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That T-cells recognise peptides in the context of own MHC (Low affinity binding)

88
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What does negative selection ensure ?

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That T-cells whose TCR binds self antigen with high affinity are deleted

89
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Where is the TCR beta first expressed ?

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The double negative pre-T cell stage

90
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What does the pre-TCR consist of ?

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TCR beta chain associated with a protein called pre T alpha

91
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Where is the complete T cell receptor expressed ?

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In double positive cells

92
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What does maturation culminate in ?

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The development of CD4+ and CD8+ single positive T-cells

93
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What does failure to express antigen receptors lead to ?

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Death of the cells by apoptosis

94
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Why must T-cells specific for self antigens be deleted ?

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To avoid autoimmunity

95
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Where are mature naive T-cells exported ?

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Into the periphery

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