Lymphocytes Flashcards
Innate immunity components (6)
- Neutrophils
- Macrophages
- Monocytes
- Dendritic cells
- Natural Killer cells
- Complement
Adaptive immunity components
T cells
B cells
Circulating antibodies
Adaptive immunity mechanism
Variation through VDJ recombination during lymphocyte development
Germline encoded immunity
Innate
Resistance persists through generations and doesn’t change within an organisms lifetime: innate or adaptive immunity-?
Innate
Highly specific response to pathogens
Adaptive immunity
No memory response
Innate immunity
Fastest immunity
Innate
Secreted proteins implied in innate immunity
Lyzozyme
Complement
CRP
Defensins
Physical barriers implied in innate immunity
Epithelial tight junctions
Mucus
Pathogen recognition features in innate immunity
TLR: Toll-Like Receptors
PAMPs: pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PAMP in gram negative bacteria
Lipopolisaccarides
Encoded by HLA genes
MHC: major histocompatibility complex I and II
Function of MHC
Present antigen fragments to T cells and bind T cell receptors: TCRs
MHC I loci
HLA A
HLA B
HLA C
MHC 1 loci have 1 letter
MHC II loci
HLA DP
HLA DQ
HLA DR
MHC I and MHC II binding
8 rule:
HLA I x CD8
HLA II x CD4
Both TCR
MHC I structure
1 long chain
1 short chain
MHC II structure
2 equal length chains
MHC I expression
ALL nucleated cells (Not RBC), APCs and platelets
MHC II expression
APCs
MHC ___ presents exogenously synthesized antigens (eg bacterial proteins) to _____ T cells
II
CD4 (T helper)
MHC___ presents endogenously synthesized antigens (eg. viral or cytosolic proteins) to _____ T cells
I
CD8+ cytotoxic
Protein associated with MHC II
Invariant chain
Protein associated with MHC I
B2 microglobulin
Antigen loading in MHC I
Antigen peptides loaded onto MCH I in RER after delivery via TAP (transporter associated with antigen processing)
Antigen loading in MHC II
Antigen loaded following release of invariant chain in an acidified endosome
HLA associated to hemochromatosis
A3
HLA associated to Graves and myastenia gravis
B8
Diseases associated to HLA b27
Seronegative arthropathies: PAIR Psoriatic arthitis Ankylosing spondylitis IBD-associated arthitis Reactive arthritis: Reiter's syndrome
HLA associated to Celiac disease
DQ2, DQ8 I ate (8) too (2) much gluten at Dairy Queen
HLA associated to multiple sclerosis, hay fever, SLE, Goodpasture syndrome
DR2: DesgRacia2
HLA associated to SLE
DR3
DR2
HLA associated to DM1, Rheumatoid disease
DR4
HLA associated to Hashimoto tyroiditis and pernicious anemia
DR5