Lymphoid structures Flashcards
What is the function of lymph nodes?
Filtration by macrophages, storage of T and B cells
What are primary follicles?
Lymph nodes that are dormant
What are secondary follicles?
Lymph nodes that are actively producing B and T cells
What cells are contained within the medulla of a lymph node?
Lymphocytes and plasma cells
What cells are contained within the paracortex of the lymph node?
T cells
Where does lymph drain from the head and neck?
Cervical lymph nodes
What are the lymph nodes that drain the lungs?
Hilar lymph nodes
What are the lymph nodes that drain the trachea and the esophagus?
Mediastinal lymph nodes
What are the lymph nodes that drain the Upper limb, breast, and skin above the umbilicus?
Axillary lymph
What are the lymph nodes that drain the liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas, and upper duodenum?
Celiac
What are the lymph nodes that drain the colon from the splenic flexure to the upper rectum?
Inferior mesenteric
What are the lymph nodes that drain the tests, ovaries, kidneys, and uterus?
Para-aortic nodes
What are the lymph nodes that drain the anal canal (below the pectinate line), and skin below the umbilicus?
Superficial inguinal
What are the lymph nodes that drain the dorsolateral foot and posterior calf?
Popliteal
What part of the spleen houses T cells?
WhiTe pulp
What part of the spleen houses B cells?
Red pulp
What is contain within the marginal zone of the spleen ( the area between the white and red pulp)?
APCs and B cells
Asplenic pts are susceptible to infections with which bacteria? (6)
Strep pneumoniae HIB N. Meningitidis E. Coli Salmonella GBS
(SHiNE SKiS)
What are Howell–Jolly bodies, and in what condition are they seen in?
DNA inclusions in RBCs, caused by splenectomy
Why is there thrombocytosis in pts who are asplenic?
Spleen normally removes platelets
What is the site of maturation for B cells, and T cells?
B cells = bone
T cells = Thymus
Is adaptive immunity inheritable?
No
TLRs and PAMPs are key in the innate immune response, or the adaptive?
Innate
What are the gene loci for MHC class I?
HLA-A, B, and C
What are the gene loci for MHC class II?
HLA-DR, DP, DQ
CD4 binds to MHC I or II?
II
CD8 binds to MHC I or II?
I
Which MHC class is responsible for presenting endogenously synthesized antigens, class I or II?
I
Which MHC class is responsible for presenting exogenously synthesized antigens to Th cells, class I or II?
II
Which class of MHC loads peptides in the RER?
I
Which class of MHC proteins loads peptides following the release of invariant chain in acidified endosome?
II
HLA haplotype A 3 is associated with what disease?
Hemochromatosis
What is the HLA haplotype that is associated with Psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, IBD, and reactive arthritis?
B27
What is the HLA haplotype that is associated with celiac disease?
DQ2/DQ8
What is Goodpasture syndrome?
Autoimmune attack of BM or lungs and kidneys
What is the HLA haplotype that is associated with Goodpasture syndrome, MS, and SLE?
DR2
What is the HLA haplotype that is associated with DM I, SLE, and Grave’s disease?
DR3
What is the HLA haplotype that is associated with RA?
DR4 (“There are 4 walls in a ‘room’”)
What is the HLA haplotype that is associated with pernicious anemia?
DR5
Pernicious anemia is caused by what?
B12 deficiency
What are two protein/enzyme that NK cells utilize to kill tumor cells?
Perforin and granzymes
NK cells are activated by which ILs? (4)
IL2, IL12, IFN beta and alpha
What is the role of Th 4 cells?
Help B cells make antibodies and produce cytokines
What is the role of CD8 T cells?
Kill infected cells
Positive selection of T cells occurs in which part of the thymus? What is positive selection?
Cortex
T cells expressing TCRs capable of binding self MHC survive
Negative selection of T cells occurs in which part of the thymus? What is negative selection?
Medulla
T cells bindings too tightly with self antigens die
What is the cytokine that induces CD4 T cells to differentiate into Th1 cells? Th2? Th17? Treg?
Th1 = IL 12 Th4 = IL2 Th17 = TGF-beta + IL6 Treg = TGFbeta
What are the three types of APCs?
B cells
Macrophages
Dendritic cells
What are the costimulatory signals involved in T cell activation?
B7 and CD28
CD40 receptor on B cells binds to what ligand on Th cells?
CD40 ligand
What are the steps of T cell activation?
Dendritic cell presentation via MHC II to Th.
Th cell presents to CD8 T cells
What are the steps of B cell activation?
Th cell stimulated, then B cell activation. Work together to achieve full activation
What determines the class switching from IgM?
Th cell cytokines
Th1 cells secrete what cytokine?
IFN-gamma
Th2 cells secrete what cytokines (4)?
IL 4, 5, 6, 13
Th1 cells do what?
Activate Macrophages and CTLs