Lecture 5 Flashcards
Immunocompetent
able to distinguish self (tolerance) and non self (activation)
Where are WBC produced?
Bone marrow
Where are set up the immune response?
Immune response is set up in primary and secondary lymphoid organs
Primary lymphoid organs
BM: fabrication. Thymus: T cell differentiation
Secondary lymphoid organs
Tonsils, spleen, lymph nodes
Lymphatic velles
recirculation between secondary lymphoid organs and tissues
Innative vs Adaptive immune response
Innate: 0-12 hours. Skin. Epithetlial barriers, phagocytes, dendritic cells, NK cells
Adaptive: 12 hours -5 days. Humoral (B lymphocytes -> antibodies). Cellular (T lymphocytes -> effector T cells)
Epidermis cells
CD8+ T cells, langerhans cells
Dermis cells
Dermal DC, CD4+ T cell, ILC, macrophage,
How does the epithelia protect?
- physical barrier (hermetic)
- chemical
antimicrobial products (lysozym)
acid pH - Immune cells patrolling
Mastocytes
- Tissue-resident cells
- Detection of non self agents in tissue
- Activated by receptors recognizing general motifs on pathogens PRR (Pattern Recognition Receptors)
- Instigate inflammation
- Receptor of IgE (allergies)
Macrophages
- Detection of non self agents in tissue
- Activated by unspecific receptors : PRR
- phagocytosis : « eat & digest » pathogenes, dead cells
- long survival
- pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion => recruitment of other immune cells
Neutrophiles
- 1st recruited cells from blood to the inflammed tissue
- Most abundant immune cells in blood but short lifetime (few hours)
- Detection of non self agents in tissue
- Activated by unspecific receptors : PRR
- phagocytosis : « eat & digest » pathogens, dead cells
Monocytes
- monocytes exit from the blood
- Join injured tissue
- Differentiate into macrophages
- same properties as resident macrophages
Natural Killer cells
- Cytotoxic lymphocytes : perforine, granzyme
- kill infected or cancerous cells
- Produce pro-inflammatory cytokines