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Theme 4: Infection and Immunology > Lecture 5: Leucocytes and Inflammation > Flashcards

Lecture 5: Leucocytes and Inflammation Flashcards

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What is the immune system?

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A collection of cells, tissues and molecules that mediate protection against infection.

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What is haematopoeisis?

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Production of blood cells from stem cells that develop increased specialisation and decreased plasticity until they become mature blood

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What is lucopoesis?

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Production of leucocytes (white blood cells) from a common leucocyte precursor

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What is the purpose of lymphoid tissue?

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Lymphoid tissues are collections of leucocytes, and serve as meeting points for cells of the immune system.

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What are the 2 major leucocyte lineages?

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  1. Lymphoid

2. Myeloid

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What immune cells does the lymphoid lineage produce?

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Lymphocytes- T cells, B cells and NK cells

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What immune cells does the myeloid lineage produce?

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Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, monocytes, mast cells and macrophages.

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What are macrophages?

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APCs that are responsible for phagocytosis and activation of bacterial mechanisms

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What are dendritic cells?

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APCs in the lymph nodes that are responsible for antigen uptake in peripheral sites.

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What are neutrophils?

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Immune cells responsible for phagocytosis and activation of bacterial mechanisms.

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What are eosinophils?

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Immune cells responsible for killing antibody-coated particles.

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What are basophils?

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Immune cells with unknown function, however, participates in phagocytosis and releases histamine

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What are mast cells?

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Immune cells that release granules containing histamine, etc.

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What are the 2 types of T-cells?

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CD4+ (T-helper cells)

CD8+ (T-effector cells)

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Where are T cells produced?

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T-cell precursors are produced in the bone marrow and they complete maturation in the thymus where they undergo somatic hypermutation to become selective

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What is the role of CD4+ T cells?

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CD4+ (helper) T cells are needed to direct the activity of the immune system

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What is the role of CD8+ T cells?

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CD8+ (effector) T cells are particularly important in dealing with intracellular infection (viral infection)

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What is the role of B cells?

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B cells produce antibodies specific to antigen of infection. Adaptive immune response. Particularly important in dealing with extracellular infections such as bacteria.

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What is the role of NK cells?

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Natural killer cells destroy cells are particularly useful in dealing with intracellular infection and tumours.

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How do immune cells communicate with one another?

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  1. Chemokines
  2. Cytokines
  3. Cell-cell contact (juxtacrine or contact-dependent signalling)
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What are cytokines?

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Cytokines are small proteins released by cells that have an effect on another cell and trigger migration of immune cells towards the site of infection.

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What are chemokines?

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Chemokines are similar to cytokines except they have different protein structures and different receptors. Mainly involved in temporal and spatial organisation.

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How do immune cells communicate via cell-to-cell contact?

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Immune cells need to be in close proximity and they either make contact or send signals (juxtacrine).

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What are the signs of inflammation?

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  1. Pain
  2. Heat
  3. Redness
  4. Swelling
  5. Loss of function.
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What causes inflammation?

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  1. Macrophage migrates to infection site and phagocytoses’ organism.
  2. Macrophage releases release soluble mediators such as cytokines (eg. TNF-alpha, IL-1, IL-6) and chemokines.
  3. Soluble mediators promote local inflammation by attracting other immune cells
  4. Soluble mediators also act on blood vessels to cause vasodilation, increased permeability, and increased adhesion molecules
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What causes the redness, heat and swelling during inflammation?

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Vasodilation and increased vascular permeability

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What causes the pain during inflammation?

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• Inflammatory cells migrating to tissue and releasing inflammatory mediators

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What are some examples of cytokines?

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TNF-alpha, IL-1, and IL-6

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What is the role of soluble mediators such as cytokines and chemokines?

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  1. To attract other immune cells to the site of infection
  2. To act on blood vessels to cause vasodilation, increased permeability, and increased adhesion molecules on blood vessel endothelium.
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What does systemic inflammation lead to?

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SEPSIS

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What are the signs of systemic inflammation (sepsis)?

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Fever, fatigue, muscle pain, loss of muscle and fat, and anorexia.

Systemic inflammation also causes damage to healthy tissue (‘bystander damage’)

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