Lecture 3 Flashcards
Migration/recruitment
Process of leukocyte movement from blood to tissues
Recirculation
Ability of lymphocytes to home to secondary lymphoid organs, reside there transiently, and return to blood
Leukocyte homing
Migration out of the blood into peripheral tissues or to infection/injury site
Inflammation
recruitment of leukocytes and plasma proteins from blood to sites of infection/injury; triggered by recognition of microbes and dead tissues
Tethering
Occurs through transient interactions of selectins and integrin with ligands
Rolling
Allows chemokine receptors on leukocytes to bind chemokines expressed on endothelium
Adhesion to endothelium
Triggered by integrins on leukocytes which interact with ligands on endothelium
Transmigration
Leukocyte goes into extravascular space and migrates down chemokine gradients toward specific areas
When do endothelial cells express adhesion molecules?
When activated by cytokines at the site of infection/injury
P-selectin (CD62P)
Endothelium activated by histamine or thrombin
E-selectin (CD62E)
Endothelium activated by cytokines (TNF, IL-1)
L-selectin (CD62L)
Neutrophils, monocytes, T cells, B cells
When is E-selectin synthesized and expressed on endothelial cell?
Within 1-2 hours of stimulation by IL-1, TNF
What selectin is important for naive T and B lymphocytes homing to lymph nodes?
L-selectin
LFA-1 integrin
In neutrophils, monocytes, T cells, B cells and binds to ligands ICAM-1 and ICAM-2