Lecture 29. Overview of the Immune System Flashcards
What are the key primary lymphoid organs of the immune system ?
- Thymus
2. Bone marrow
What are the secondary lymphatic tissues ?
Spleen, tonsils, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, skin and liver
Where do B-cells develop ?
Bone marrow
Where do t-cells develop ?
Thymus
What do immune cells use to travel through the body ?
Lymphatic highway system
What are some strategic locations where immune cells may be stored ?
- Ln
- Tonsils
- Peyers patch
- Spleen
What are the phagocytes ?
- Macrophages
- Neutrophils
- Dendritic cells
What do innate leukocytes include ?
- Phagocytes
- Basophils
- Natural killer cells
What is the function of innate leukocytes ?
Identify and eliminate pathogens and are important mediators in the activation of the adaptive immune system
What do natural killer cells go after ?
Tumor cells and viruses
What is the function of perforin ?
Perforates membrane
What is the function of granzyme ?
Degrades membranes
What is the function of natural killer cells ?
Inserts granzymes and perforin into the cells that destroy tem
What is the function of T-cells ?
Destroy foreign or damaged cells
What is the function of helper T-cells ?
Regulate the attack of foreign and damaged cells
What do killer T-cells do ?
Carry out the attack on the foreign or damaged cells
What do B-cells produce ?
Antibodies
What are antibodies specific towards ?
One antigen
What is an antigen ?
A toxic or foreign substance
What happens when the antibody binds to the antigen ?
A signal for other cells and molecules of the immune systems to come and destroy the antigen
What is one of the key differences between the adaptive and innate immune system ?
Innate is rapid, the adaptive immune system takes longer to develop
How is an autoimmune disease caused ?
The body sees its own cells as foreign and attacks them
What are two examples of an immune over reaction ?
- Autoimmune problem
2. Allergic reaction
What are two examples of an immune under reaction ?
- Disease
2. Infection
What is homeostatic inflammation used for ?
A protective response
What happens everyday to the cells of the villi ?
They shed and new ones are made by stem cells in the crypts
What are some results if the immune system in the gut goes wrong ?
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohns disease
- Coeliac disease
- Food allergy
- Colorectal cancer
How are RNA viruses recognised ?
Via nucleic acid detection
What do RNA viruses drive ?
Interferons
What type of RNAs are innate immune responses most reliant on the detection of ?
dsRNA
What type of virus is covid ?
Positive sense single stranded RNA
What type of RNA does covid generate ?
Double stranded RNA