lecture 7 Flashcards
not all self antigens are expressed in the thymus so potentially self reactive to antigens elsewhere. what transcription factor combats this
AIRE
what does AIRE (autoimmune regulator protein) do
turns on lots of tissue specific genes in the thymus
T cells can escape negative selctive by further rearrangement of
TCRα locus (like BCR light chain)
lymphocytes that recognise self AG can also become unresponsive know as
anergic
what are privileged sites
sites that that B and T cells cant get to (e.g eye, testis and CNS)
what do T reg cells do
turn other t cells off
T reg cells come from some of the T cells with
high affinity receptors for self antigens
natural T regs come from the thymus
induced t regs are
turned into T regs later
deficiency of T regs leads to
severe autoimmune syndrome
B cells that secrete IL-10 are
B regulatory cells
T helper 1 cells release what cytokine and what does it do
TFN-γ and activates macrophages to engulf bacteria more efficiently
if you have a worm infection you will produce more
T helper 2 cells
what cytokines do T helper 2 cells secrete and what do they do
IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13
they recruit cells that are good at firing out things that are good at destroying extracellular organisms (e.g eosinophils, mast cells and plasma cell)
what do CD4 T helper 17 cells promote
responses against fungi
Th1 express ligand which binds to
CD40 on macrophage
