Lecture 15 Humoral Immunity Flashcards
Antibody effector functions
Neutralization;
Opsonization;
Complement activation
BCR functions
- Initiate signal cascade by binding antigens
- Deliver antigen to intracellular sites for processing/presentation (MHC II)
What are the two ways B cells can be activated?
thymus-dependent antigens
thymus-independent antigens
Follicular helper T cells help with ______ and _________. This process takes _______.
affinity maturation and class switching; longer
_____ antigens cause B cells to activate quickly. It is ___ specific.
thymus-independent; not
The primary response of B cells occurs in ___ phases
2
Phase 1 of the primary response involves
antigen encounter;
Bcell Tcell interaction; B cell proliferation
What is involved of Phase 2 of the B cell response?
somatic hypermutation; class switching
What signals do TFH send to B cells to activate them/control differentiation?
CD40:CD40L
IL21
CD21 and CD19
What does CD40:CD40L interaction do to B cells?
activates NFkappaB and enhances survival (anti-apoptotic Bcl-2)
IL21 signaling in B cells
activate STAT3, enhances proliferation and differentiation into plasma cells and memory B cells
CD21 and CD19 interact with
C3b
The concept of linked recognition is
T and B cells respond to the same antigen (can be distinct but linked)
T cells in T cell zones have ____ receptors and respond to ____ and ____
CCR7;
CCL19 and CCL21
B cells in B cell zone have ____ receptors and respond to _______, expressed by follicular dendritic cells
CXCR5;
CXCL13
structure/function of follicular dendritic cells
octopus, lots of arms/projections, it acts as a net not a phagocytoser and traps B cells
When B cells are engaged they begin to upregulate _____ and move halfway to meet with active TFH (who begin to express _______). After communication, they _________
CCR7; CXCR5; downregulate
Resting B cells -> ______ -> plasma cells
plasmablasts
resting B cells do not have a high rate of _____
Ig secretion
Plasma cells cannot
grow, class switch, do somatic hypermutation