Lecture 4: Acute Inflammation Flashcards
What are the 5 cardinal signs of inflammation
- Redness
- Pain
- Swelling
- Heat
- Loss of function
Acute inflammation is dominated by ___
Neutrophils
Fibrinous= ___
Fibrous= ____
Fibrinous= acute
Fibrous=chronic
What is acute inflammation
Vascular response to cell and tissue injury triggered by numerous physical and biological stimuli
What immune system does acute inflammation activate and what is triggered to release
Innate immune system
Releases: Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, cytokines and activates complement
What interleukin results in chemotaxis and activation of neutrophils
IL-8
What cytokines are fever producing
IL-1, TNF, IL-6
What prostaglandins are fever producing
PGE2
What is the mechanism in which fever inducing cytokines and prostaglandins work
Increase vascular permeability
What are the phases of acute inflammation
- Fluidic
- Cellular
- Reparative
What is the fluidic phase of acute inflammation
Dilute and localize inciting substance
1. Hyperemia or increase BF from mediators most notably HISTAMINE
2. Leaky vessels/ permability of capillaries and post capillary venules
3. Emigration of leukocytes
What is the cellular phase of acute inflammation
- Deliver leukocytes into the exudate at site of injury
- Leukocyte adhesion cascade- neutrophils first- kill and eliminate
What is the reparative phase of acute inflammation
- Resolution
- Healing by fibrosis
- Abscess formation
- Chronic inflammation
What do steroids inhibit
Phospholipase
What do NSAIDs inhibit
COX-1 and COX-2
What do leukotriene receptor antagonists inhibit
Bronchospasm and increased vascular permeability
What are the three complement pathways
- Classical
- Mannose binding lectin
- Alternative
What triggers classical pathway
Antibody opsonization
What triggers the alternative pathway
LPS and polysaccharides of fungal cell walls
What are the three outcomes/goals of activated complement
- Formation of C5a and C3a- attracting leukocytes
- Formation of C3b- opsonization of pathogens and phagocytosis
- Formation of MAC complex- puts pore in membrane—> lysis