Memorize This Stuff Flashcards
Stats for Case-Control Studies
Odds Ratio
ad/bc
Stats for Cohort Study
Relative Risk
(a/a+b) / (c/c+d)
with risk factor and disease / all with risk factor
without risk factor and disease / all without risk factor
Sensitivity
SNOUT
TP/ (TP + FN)
when neg, rules out disease
Specificity
SPIN
TN / (TN + FP)
when positive, rules in disease
PPV
varies directly with prevalence
low prevalence, low PPV
NPV
varies indirectly with prevalence
low prevalence, high NPV
Type 1 collagen
bone, tendon, skin, scars
Type 2 collagen
cartilage
car-two-lage
Type 3 collagen
Reticulin, blood vessels
vascular Ehlers Danlos
Type 4 collagen
basement membranes
Alport syndrome, Goodpastures
big testes, long face, jarge jaw, large ears, mitral valve prolapse
Fragile X
X linked FMR1 gene defect (CGG) repeats
Vitamin essential for maintenance of specialized spithelium, stored exclusively in the liver stellate cells
Vit A
Used to treat measles and AML-M3 (PML, auer rods)
Reactions using thiamine as a cofactor
Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH)
alphaketoglutarate dehydrogenase
transketolase (HMP shunt)
Branched Chain ketoacid dehydrogenase
TLCFN
Niacin deficiency
Pellagra
Diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis
Niacin is derived from tryptophan - Hartnup disease
Ethanol Metabolism
Uses up free NAD+
Increase NADH
Lactic Acidosis (pyruvate to lactate to regen NAD+)
Fasting hypoglycemia (prevents gluconeogenesis)
Fatty Change in liver
Strictly ketogenic AAs
Leucine and Lysine
Ketogenic and Glucogenic AAs
Trp, Phe, Tyr, Ile, Thr
Glucose 6 Phosphotase deficieny
Von Gierke
lysosomal alpha1,4glucosidase deficiency
Pompe
debranching enzyme deficiency
Cori disease
skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency
McArdle
alpha-galactosidase A deficiency
Fabry’s
Ceramide trihexoside
Glucocerebrosidase (beta-glucosidase) deficiency
Gaucher’s
glucocerebroside
Sphingomyelinase deficiency
Neimann-Pick
sphingomyelin
Hexosaminidase A deficiency
Tay-Sachs
GM2 ganglioside
Galactocerebrosidase deficiency
Krabbe
Arylsulfatase A deficiency
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency
Hurler
Heperan sulfate, dermatan sulfate
cataracts
iduronate sulfatase deficiency
Hunter
heparan sulfate, dermatan sulfate
NO cataracts
Encapsulated Organisms
Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Slimey Capsules
Strep pneumo and group B Klebs H flu Pseudomonas Neiserria m Salmonella Cryptococcus
Catalase Positive Organisms
Staph N Enterobacteriaceae Are Listed Catalase Postive
Staph Nocardia Entero Aspergillus Listeria Candida Pseudomonas
Urease positive organisms
K-PUNCHSS
Klebs Proteus Ureaplasma Nocardia Crytococcus H pylori Staph epi Staph sapro
Obligate aerboes
Nagging Pests Must Breathe
Nocardia
Pseudomonas
MycoBacterium
Obligate anaerobes
Can’t Breathe Air
Clostridium
Bacteroides
Actinomyces
Obligate Intracellular Bugs
rickettsia, chlamydia
can’t make any ATP
Facultative Intracellular Bugs
Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY
Salmonella Neisseria Brucella Mycobacterium Listeria Francisella Legionella Yersina pestis
ToRCHeS
Toxo Rubella CMV HIV HSV Syphilis
Antibiotics to Avoid in Pregnancy
Sulfa - kernicterus Aminoglycosides - ototox FQs - tendons Clarithromycin - toxic Tetracyclines - bones, teeth Ribavirin - teratogen Griseofulvin - teratogen Chloramphenicol - gray baby
HLA A3
Hemochromatosis
HLA B27
seronegative arthropathies Psoriatic arthritis ankylosing spondylitis IBD reactive arthritis (Reiter)
HLA DQ2/DQ8
celiac disease
HLA DR2
MS, SLE, Goodpasture
HLA DR3
t1dm, SLE, Graves
HLA DR4
t1dm, RA
HLA DR5
pernicious anemia, hashimoto’s
Cytokines secreted by Macrophages
IL1,6,8,12, TNF-alpha
Cytokines secreted by T cells
IL2,3
cytokines secreted by Th1 cells
ifn-gamma
cytokines secreted by Th2 cells
IL4,5,10
IL-1
endogenous pyrogen
IL-2
stimulates t cells to divide
IL-3
bone marrow cell growth
IL-4
IgE class switching, Th2 growth and B cell growth
IL-5
IgA class switching, eosinophil growth
IL-6
endogenous pyrogen, acute phase proteins
IL-7
lymphoid differentiation
IL-8
major neutrophil chemotatic factor
IL-10
anti-inflamatory, inhibits Th1
IL-12
induces Th1 differentiation, activates NK cells
TNF-alpha
mediates septic shock, activates endothelium
IFN-gamma
antiviral, antitumor
increases killing of virally infected cells, increases MHC expression in all cells
responsible for forming granulomas
CD3
all T cells
CD 4
helper T cells
CD28
all t cells
binds B7 on the APC
CD40
b cells, needed for antibody class switching CD40L on Thelpers