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lecture 31 - immune cells of blood Flashcards

1
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What are the two overall components of blood, and at what ratios?

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55% plasma, 45% formed elements

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What are the components of plasma?

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Proteins (including antibodies/immunoglobulin), other solutes, water

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What are the 3 key formed elements of blood?

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Platelets, white blood cells (leukocytes), red blood cells

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What is the general term for white blood cells?

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Leukocytes

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5
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What process allows bone marrow stem cells to produce blood cells?

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Hematopoiesis.

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6
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What are the 3 blood cell lineages?

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Erythoid, myeloid, lymphoid

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What type of cell are in the Erythroid lineage?

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Red blood cells (erythrocytes)

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What types of blood cells are in the myeloid lineage? (4)

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Granulocytes, monocytes, dendritic cells, platelets

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Are blood cells of the myeloid lineage innate or adaptive in nature?

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Innate

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10
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What types of cells are in the lymphoid lineage?

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B and T lymphocytes (B/T cells)

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11
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Are cells in the Lymphoid blood cell lineage adaptive or innate in nature?

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Adaptive

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12
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What two blood cell lineages are white blood cells?

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Myeloid and lymphoid

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13
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What is the name for granulocytes found in blood?

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Neutrophils

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14
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What proportion of leukocytes are represented by neutrophils?

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75%

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15
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What is the structure of a neutrophil?

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Has a multi lobed nucleus and contains granules

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What is the function of neutrophils?

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They highly phagocytic - can ‘eat and kill’ pathogens.

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17
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When do neutrophil levels in the blood increase?

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When there is infection or inflammation

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18
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When can neutrophils move out of blood and into tissue?

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When there is inflammation

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19
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What is the name for granulocytes found in tissue?

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Mast cells

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20
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What are mast cells?

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Cells that line mucosal surfaces and release granules that attract other white blood cells to areas of tissue damage/infection.

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What are monocytes?

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Cells present in the blood that have a low level of phagocytosis until they leave the blood and develop into macrophages in tissues.

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22
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What are macrophages derived from?

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Monocytes

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23
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Where are macrophages found?

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In tissue - not in blood

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24
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Do macrophages have a high or low rate of phagocytosis?

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High

25
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What are the possible ways that a macrophage can sit in tissue?

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Can become resident/sessile, or move though it (migratory)

26
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What are the 3 functions of macrophages?

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Phagocytosis, release of chemical messengers, show info about pathogenic microbes to T cells.

27
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What is phagocytosis?

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Ingestion of bacteria by cells such as macrophages

28
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What is the purpose of chemical messaging by macrophages?

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Signals to other cells to aid in clearing infection

29
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How do macrophages share information about pathogens?

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They break up viruses and attach a piece to a receptor on its surface, where it can be recognised by the adaptive immune system.

30
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How do macrophages link the innate and adaptive immune systems?

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They share information about viruses with T cells, activating the adaptive immune system.

31
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What is the function of dendritic cells?

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Link innate and adaptive immune systems - they are phagocytic and can present antigens to adaptive immune cells.

32
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Where are dendritic cells found, and in what numbers?

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In low numbers in blood and tissues in contact with the environment.

33
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How are immune cells carried around the body?

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In blood and in lymph

34
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Where does lymph in tissues collect?

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Lymphatic vessels

35
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Where does lymph drain to, from the lymphatic vessels?

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Lymph nodes

36
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Where do dendritic cells meet T cells?

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Lymph nodes

37
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What does PAMP stand for?

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Pathogen associated molecular pattern

38
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What is a PAMP?

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A small molecular motif conserved within a class of microbes and are a common ‘building block’.

39
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What are common PAMPS in viruses?

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nucleic acids - ssRNA and dsRNA

40
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What are the common nucleic acid PAMPS of viruses?

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single stranded RNA and double stranded RNA

41
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What are the locations/types of common bacterial PAMPs?

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Cell wall, flagella, nucleic acid

42
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What are the common PAMPs found in bacterial cell walls?

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), endotoxins, lipoteichoic acid

43
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What are the common PAMPs found in bacterial flagella?

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Flagellin

44
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What is the common PAMP found in bacterial nucleic acids?

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unmethylated CpG DNA

45
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How do toll-like receptors activate innate immune responses?

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Toll-like receptors in the cell membrane recognise PAMPs and can then signal to the nucleus to transcript genes and translate to form proteins that aid in cellular defence.

46
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What intracellular component allows cells to defend against pathogens that have come inside it?

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Phagolysosomes

47
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How do phagolysosomes defend cells?

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They recognise the nucleic acid PAMPs of invading bacteria/viruses and engulf and decoat them, preventing them from colonising the inside of the cell.

48
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What is the clinical name for fever?

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Pyrexia

49
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What is pyrexia?

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Fever - an abnormally high body temperature (usually >37 degrees celsius)

50
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What does the fever do to the body’s ‘thermostat’?

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Resets the temperature regulation, controlled by the hypothalamus

51
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What substances produce a fever?

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Pyrogens

52
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What are pyrogens released by?

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Bacteria and immune cells

53
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What chemical messenger and pyrogen is produced by phagocytes?

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interleukin-1

54
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What is interleukin-1?

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A pyrogen and cytokine

55
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What is the purpose of fever?

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Stop pathogen growth and enhance immune function

56
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How does changing phagocytic activity decrease a fever and restore the biological thermostat?

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Decreasing phagocytosis leads to a decrease in interleukin-1 release and therefore less pyrogen, so the fever comes down.

57
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What is the difference between lymphocytes and leukocytes?

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Leukocytes are all the white blood cells in the blood, while lymphocytes are a specific type of leukocyte that are found in lymph

58
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Are mast cells phagocytic?

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Yes

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