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Lecture 6 - Inflammation (TBC) Flashcards

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What is acute inflammation?

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The process of inflammation through which our body’s tissues initially respond to infection or injury

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Why do we have inflammation?

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The body needs a way of eliminating injured tissue and infectious agents and repairing tissue damage

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What can acute inflammation be in response of?

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Infections
Necrosis
Ionising radiation
Extreme cold
Burns
Toxins
Trauma
Ischaemia

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What are the local clinical features of acute inflammation?

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Redness
Swelling
Heat
Pain
Loss of function

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What is redness caused by in acute inflammation?

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Vasodilation

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What factors are involved with vasodilation in acute inflammation?

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Histamine
Prostaglandin

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What is swelling caused by in acute inflammation?

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Inflammatory exudate resulting from increased vascular permeability

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What factors are involved with swelling in acute inflammation?

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Histamine
Leukotrienes

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What is heat caused by in acute inflammation?

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Vasodilation

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What is pain caused by in acute inflammation?

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Tissue damage

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What is loss of function caused by in acute inflammation?

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Tissue damage

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What is loss of function caused by in acute inflammation?

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Tissue damage

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What factors are involved with pain in acute inflammation?

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Prostaglandin
Bradykinin

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What factors are involved with loss of function in acute inflammation?

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ROS
NO
Lysosomal enzymes

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What are the different patterns of acute inflammation?

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Purulent (suppurative) Inflammation
Serous Inflammation
Fibrinous Inflammation

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What is purulent (suppurative) inflammation characterized by?

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Characterized by production of pus (an inflammatory exudate rich in neutrophils and fluid and liquefied debris of necrotic cells) - primarily cellular
- Pimple

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What is purulent (suppurative) inflammation caused by?

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Caused by pyogenic (pus-producing) organisms that cause tissue necrosis and liquefaction.

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What is an abscess?

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Abscess is a localized collection of pus.

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What is pus?

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an inflammatory exudate rich in neutrophils and fluid and liquefied debris of necrotic cells

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What is serous inflammation characterized by?

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Characterized by a fluid rich, cell-poor exudate
- a skin blister or a runny nose

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Where does serous inflammation occur?

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Occurs in peritoneum, pleura, pericardium.

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What is fibrinous inflammation characterized by?

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Characterized by a fibrinogen-rich exudate
and fibrin deposition

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Where can fibrinous inflammation occur?

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pericardium and peritoneum

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What are the four steps of acute inflammatory response?

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  1. Recognition
    - Pattern Recognition Receptors
    - Vascular changes
  2. Recruitment
    - of leukocytes
  3. Removal of the agent
    - killing and degradation
    - ROS/NO
    - phagocytosis
  4. Resolution
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What two types of sentinel cells in tissues are important initiators of acute inflammation?
Macrophages and mast cells
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What are macrophages?
* Monocytes differentiate into macrophages in the tissue * Long-lived in tissue * Phagocytic * Produce pro-inflammatory cytokines (esp. IL1b and TNFa) in response to damage/pathogens
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What are mast cells?
* Tissue resident cells that can be long lived * Contain numerous granules * Release chemical mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes and prostaglandin * Released chemicals mediate vascular changes, pain * Mast cells can survive degranulation
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What do macrophages produce in acute inflammation?
Produce pro-inflammatory cytokines (esp. IL1b and TNFa) in response to damage/pathogens
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What do mast cells release in acute inflammation?
Release chemical mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes and prostaglandin
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How do macrophages and mast cells recognise antigen for acute inflammation?
Pattern recognition receptors
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What do pattern recognition receptor recognise?
PAMPs and DAMPs
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What are DAMPs?
Damage-associated molecular patterns
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What are PAMPs?
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
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What is released after DAMP recognition?
Chemical mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes and prostaglandin
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What is released after PAMP recognition?
Chemical mediators including: -histamine -prostaglandin -leukotrienes
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What can acute inflammation can measured by?
* increased temperature * increased acute phase proteins in serum (e.g. C-reactive protein, fibrinogen – measured by erythrocyte sedimentation rate – ESR) * increased neutrophils in blood
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What do the vascular mediators in acute inflammation mediate?
Vasodilation and vascular permeability
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What vascular mediators cause vasodilation?
Prostaglandin and Histamine
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What vascular mediators alter vasuclar permeability?
Leukotrienes Histamine
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What are the two main cells in step 2 of acute inflammation? (recruitment of leukocytes)
Neutrophils and monocytes
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What are neutrophils?
Large, granular phagocytic cells with a multi-lobed nucleus (polymorphonuclear cells)
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What recruits neutrophils in acute inflammation?
Neutrophils are recruited into tissues in response to proinflammatory cytokines e.g. IL-1b and TNFa
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What is the life span of neutrophils?
Neutrophils are short-lived - Half-life 4 – 10 h in circulation, 1 - 2 days in tissue
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What are monocytes?
Large phagocytic cells found in the blood which produce pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1b, TNFa)
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What is the circulation time of monocytes in blood?
Circulation time 20 - 40 hours in blood
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What is diapedesis?
The process of cells in the blood moving through the vessel wall (endothelium) to the tissues
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What are the steps in the movement of leukocytes from the blood to affected tissue?
1. Cytokine production from tissue macrophage 2. Vessels become sticky and leaky 3. Margination: Slow flow, high viscosity 4. Rolling: Leukocytes attracted 5. Adhesion: Leukocyte stick to vessels 6: Diapedesis 7: Chemotaxis: Leukocytes attracted by chemokines (esp IL8)
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What is the order for the kinetics of acute inflammation?
1. Edema 2. Neutrophils 3. Monocytes/macrophages
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What do macrophages and neutrophils release for the removal of agent in acute inflammation?
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) Nitric Oxide (NO) Lysosomal enzymes

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