Lecture 7 - Cytokines and their Receptors Flashcards
Cytokines have a [low]/[high] molecular weigh
low
What do cytokines regulate?
intensity and duration of innate and adaptive immunity responses
Cytokine activity is mediated by
receptors
Autocrine
act on the cell that produced it
Paracrine
act on another cell nearby
Endocrine
act at a distant location
Monokines
proteins from monocytes
Lymphokines
proteins from lymphocytes
Interleukin
between leukocytes
Interferon
interfere with viral replication, ect/
Chemokines
chemotactic cytokines that attract specific cells to their location
Colony stimulating factors (CSF)
stimulate colony formation in bone marrow, stimulate stem cell differentiation
growth factors
stimulate cells to grow in vitro
Antigens stimulate
TCR
PAMPs stimulate
TLR
Antibodies stimulate
FcR
What is a key event in signal transduction and cellular activation
protein phosphorylation
What part of proteins mediate many cell signals
phostphate side-chain
Three functions of cytokines
- mediate and regulate innate immunity
- mediate and regulate and adaptive immunity
- stimulate hematopoiesis
Cytokines that regulate innate immunity are important in what part of infection
first few days of infection when the adaptive immune response has not yet started
Examples of cytokines that regulate innate immunity
- IL-1
- IL-6
- TNF-a
- IL-12
- Type I interferons
What cells produce IL-12 and in response to what
APCs in response to bacteria and viruses
What do IL-12 activate
NK cells to be more efficient killers
What do IL-12 induce
IFNy production
What do IL-12 stimulate
differentiation of TH1 cells
What type of activity do type I interferons have
antiviral
Examples of type I interferons
IFN a and B
What immunity are type I interferons involved in
innate
What cells produce type I IFN
virally-infected nucleated cells
What do type I IFN cells do
make other cells resistant to viral infection