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Lecture 6 Flashcards

1
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What induces clonal deletion?

A

If B cells recognise self antigens

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2
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How many BCR are on each B cell surface?

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1 - each b cells has a different BCR

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3
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How can B cells escape death?

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By replacing the light chain with another one

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4
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When can RAG genes make a new light chain?

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If the flight light chain is autoreactive

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5
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What are the 3 antibody functions?

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Neutralisation, opsionisation and complement activation

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6
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What is Antibody neutralisation?

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Antibody prevents bacterial adherence

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7
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What is antibody opsonisation?

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Antibody promotes phagocytosis

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8
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What is antibody complement activation?

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Antibody activates complement which enhances opsonisation and lyses some bacteria

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9
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What is found at the constant?

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IgM and IgD

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10
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What is special about a BCR?

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It only recognises one antigen

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11
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Where will the b cells look to find an antigen?

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In the lymphatics and blood

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12
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What produces signal 1?

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Binding of an antigen to a BCR

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13
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What activates intracellular kinases?

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Cross linking BCR

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14
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What does kinases being activated lead to?

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Transcription factors and gene expression

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15
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What types of motifs does the CD3 complex contain?

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ITAM motifs

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16
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What do kinases phosphorylate?

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Tyrosines

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17
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What makes signal 1 stronger?

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Complement receptors

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18
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What is an example of a complement receptor?

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CR2

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19
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What happens if the antigen that binds BCR is coated with C?

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It can also bind CR2 on b cells and give an increased signal

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20
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What does signal 2 depend on?

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Depends on the type of antigen that the B cell is recognising

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21
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Where does signal 2 come from in thymus independent antigens?

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Antigen or cross linking of BCR

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22
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What are the two types of antigens that can move to trigger a B cell response?

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Thymus independent and thymus dependent

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23
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What is a thymus independent antigen?

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Can get a response to an antigen without the use of T cells, can get a B cell response in an antigen where you’ve taken the thymus out

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24
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What is thymus dependent?

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Need T cells in order for a B cell response, do not get a B cell response in the absence of a thymus

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25
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Where does signal 2 come from in thymus dependent antigens?

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Signal 2 is provided by CD4+ T cells

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26
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What is TI?

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It is a complex protein which has different components and has a receptor on its antigen which the B cell recognises

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27
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What happens in TD?

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The antigen binds to the b cells giving signal 1 but it also needs signal 2

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28
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How is signal 2 found in TD?

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Through MHC class II, the B cell will take a peptide from the MHC class II onto its surface and this produces signal 2

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29
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How is signal 2 found on TI?

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Delivered by the thymus independent antigen

30
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What are the two types of TI-antigens?

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TI-1 and TI-2

31
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What do TI antigens do?

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Induce antibodies in absence of T cells

32
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What antibody is produced from TI antigens?

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Only IgM

33
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What happens in high concentrations to the antigens?

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They act as polyclonal activators for B cells

34
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What does polyclonal activators mean?

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The antigens will activate many B cells irrespective of their different BCR

35
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What are the two signals from in TI-1?

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Signal 1 = BCR signal 2 = from TLR

36
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What structure is TI-2?

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A polysaccharide, has repeating structures so it can bind to lots of different BCRs on the surface

37
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What are TI-2 important in?

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Bacterial infections

38
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What do TI-2 do to BCR molecules?

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Cross link BCR on the same B cell surface

39
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How long does it take for TI-2 antigens antibody responses to develop?

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More than 5 years

40
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What signals are seen in TI-2?

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Only signal 1 or a strong signal 1

41
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What are the antibody responses like in TD compared to TI?

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They are much better

42
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How is signal 2 carried out in a TD antigen?

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Is from the T cell but need a CD40 ligand interaction to cytokines

43
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What do cytokines secreted by the T cells do?

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Drive class switching

44
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What do IgM and IgD switch to?

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IgG and IgA

45
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How are epitopes joined?

A

Physically joined together by viral particles, protein and a sugar

46
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What happens when converting a TI antigen to a TD antigen?

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Makes a conjugate vaccine

47
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What is an example of a conjugate vaccine?

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Haemophilias influenza type b

48
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What is the TI antigen in influenza type b vaccine?

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Protective responses capsular polysaccharide

49
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What is the TD in the influenza type b vaccine?

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Protein tetanus toxoid

50
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When can you get a conjugate vaccine?

A

5 years and older

51
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What happens if the antigen is TD?

A

B cell presents peptides from Ag to CD4+Thelper cells

52
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What do the CD4+Thelper cells form in the lymph node?

A

B/T cell conjugate

53
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How do activation induced deaminase (AID) get induced?

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By CD40 signal

54
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What does AID induce?

A

Somatic hypertension in b cells

55
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What hypermuates in the B cells?

A

The V,D,J segments

56
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What are germinal centres?

A

Proliferating B cells

57
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What do the b cells divide into in the germinal centres?

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Centroblasts

58
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What happens inside the centroblasts?

A

Hypermutation and class switching

59
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What happens after centroblasts?

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Turn into a non dividing state called a centrocytes

60
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What is the process states of a B cell?

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  1. B cell
  2. Centroblasts
  3. Centocytes
61
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What is the dark zone?

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Loads of proliferating cells

62
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How is signal 3 delivered?

A

By antigen-presenting cells

63
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What happens to B cells in a germinal centre? - 3 ways

A

Differentiate into plasma cells, form long lived memory cells or die within the lymphoid

64
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What is somatic hypermuation?

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Randomly mutate the DNA at the V,D,J regions

65
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What are also present in the GC (germinal centre)?

A

Follicular dendritic cells and antigens

66
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What do follicular dendritic cells do?

A

Display the antigens to the b cells

67
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What do centrocytes do?

A

Compete with each other for an antigen

68
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What are follicular T helper cells?

A

Help B cells

69
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Where to Thelper cells Come from,?

A

CD4+Th

70
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What is the role of CD40?

A

Projects centrocytes from apoptosis

71
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What does CD40 a signal induce?

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Class switching

72
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What cytokine is needed for IgE class switching?

A

IL-4

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