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Microbiology CH 13 Flashcards

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What is the body’s ability to recognize and react to a specific invader?

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Specific Immunity

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Is specific immunity when the body reacts to the H1N1 influenza virus rather than the H5N8 influenza virus?

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Yes

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What are the 4 elements of specific immunity?

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  1. It’s a ‘smart’ system
  2. It’s acquired and developed over time
  3. A response includes organs
  4. It’s triggered by specific antigens
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What does it mean when the body has a ‘smart’ system?

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Has a “memory” to respond rapidly to an infection the second time it happens

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What does a response entail?

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Includes B and T lymphocytes

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What is anything that stimulates a specific immune response called?

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Antigen

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What is the 3D region of an antigen that is actually recognized by the immune system called?

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Epitope

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What part of the LPS (lipopolysaccharide) is recognized by the immune system?

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Particular set of sugars on polysaccharide

O-Antigen

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How many epitopes does an antigen have? What is it recognized by?

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Multiple epitopes; recognized by different things

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What type of antigens are found on invaders that exist outside host cells?

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Exogenous antigens

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What are 2 invaders with exogenous antigens?

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  1. Bacterial infections
  2. Parasitic worms
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How does the immune system encounter exogenous antigens/the invaders?

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Encounters them directly

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What type of antigens are found on invaders that exist inside body cells?

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Endogenous antigens

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What are 2 “invaders” with endogenous antigens?

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  1. Viruses once they’ve entered the host cell
  2. Obligate intracellular parasites
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Can the immune system detect endogenous antigens directly? Why?

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No, because they’re not floating around in the body

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What must happen for endogenous antigens to be detected by the immune system?

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Antigens must be incorporated into the host cell membrane

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What antigens are naturally found on host cells?

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Autoantigens

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Why do immune cells need to ignore autoantigens?

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Because autoantigens label cell as “self”

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What happens when immune cells recognize autoantigen cells?

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Immune cells that recognize autoantigens are destroyed

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What happens if immune cells DON’T destroy autoantigens?

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Leads to autoimmunity

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What are proteins used by the immune system to identify, bind to, and help attack invading organisms called?

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Antibodies

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What are antibodies composed of? What types of ‘chains’ are there and how many?

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Four polypeptides connected to each other by disulfide bridges

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What do antibodies look like?

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“Y” shape, stem, hinge, and 2 arms

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What part of the antibodies are constant? Which parts are variable?

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Constant - Stem, hinge, lower part of arms
Variable - Upper parts of arms

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What is another name for antibodies?

How many different types are there?

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Immunoglobins

5 different types

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What happens when an antibody neutralizes a pathogen?

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1000 antibodies bind to a virus, making its surface crowded and makes it unable to attach to target

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What happens when an antibody agglutinates a bunch of cells together?

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Each antibody can bind to 2 cells, creating a clump

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What happens when an antibody oxidizes a target?

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Involves recruitment of other proteins

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How can antibodies eliminate threats indirectly?

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Marks invaders for targeting by immune cells

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What is one of the types of leukocytes (WBCs) that is made by stem cells in bone marrow?

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Lymphocytes

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Which Lymphocytes mature in bone marrow and which ones mature in the thymus?

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Bone Marrow - B Lymphocytes
Thymus - T Lymphocytes

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Where are B Lymphocytes mainly found? Where do a few circulate?

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Mainly found in Lymphatic Organ, few circulate in the blood

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How many different B cells does an individual have present at any given time?

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10^11

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When do B Lymphocytes activate?

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Activates when a ‘correct’ antigen has been recognized

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When activated, what are B Lymphocytes known as?

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Plasma Cells

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What 2 things does a plasma cell do?

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  1. Makes lots of copies of itself
  2. Makes and secretes many copies of specific antibody (the one that recognized the ‘correct’ antigen)
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Where do T Lymphocytes (T cells) circulate?

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Blood and lymph

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How many different types of T cells are present at any given time for any individual?

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~10^11

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What does different types mean (for T cells)?

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Have receptors that recognize different (random) antigens

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How are T cells activated?

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By binding to an antigen that is presented on an MHC molecule on a host cell

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What 2 things do activated T cells do?

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  1. Makes lots of copies of themselves
  2. Secrete cytokines that affect other cells
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What cells are known as T8 or CD8 cells?

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Cytotoxic C cells

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When Cytotoxic C cells are active, what is secreted? What do they do and what happens?

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Secrete cytokines that trigger replication

(Makes more copies of that particular ‘model’ of Tcyt cell)

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When Cytotoxic C cells are active, how do they kill bad cells? What type of cells does this include?

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Kills bad cells by inducing apoptosis

  1. Cancerous cells or tumors
  2. Cells infected by a virus of bacterium
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What cells are known as T4 or CD4 cells?

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Helper T cells

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When Helper T cells are active, what is secreted? What do they do?

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Secrete cytokines to help activate B cells and Tcyt cells

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When Helper T cells are active, what do they differentiate into? What does each one assist?

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Differentiates into:
Type 1 (TH1) assist Tcyt cells
Type 2 (TH2) assist B cells

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What is a type of protein that is found on the surface of body cells called?

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Major Histocompatibility Complex

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What does MHC allow body cells to do?

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Allows body cells to alert the immune system that there is an invader present

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How does MHC allow the body cells to alert the immune system?

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Holds antigens on surface of cell to ‘show’ it to T cells

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Where is MHC-I found? This means everything except what kind of cells?

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Found on membranes of all nucleated body cells

Everything except RBCs

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What kind of antigens does MHC-I display?

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Endogenous antigens

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What cell does MHC-I “present” to? What’s the message?

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  1. Presented to Cytotoxic T cells
  2. Message: “Look what I made”
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What’s the 2 possible meaning of MHC-I’s presentation? What is the result of each one?

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  1. Meaning: “There is an intracellular pathogen inside the cell”
  2. Result: Activation of cell-mediated immune response, where T-cell kills the infected body cell
  3. Meaning: “There isn’t any pathogen, everything is fine”
  4. Result: No immune response
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Where is MHC-I made? What happens while its in the ER?

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Made at RER

Stuff from inside cell attached to it while in ER

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What packages MHC-I? What is MHC-I carrying and where does it go?

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Golgi body packages MHC-I carrying epitopes, and sends it to cell membrane

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What happens when the vesicle fuses?

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MHC-I/epitope complex is presented to the outside

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In what cells is MHC-II present? What are 2 examples of these cells?

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Antigen-presenting cells (APCs)
1. Phagocytic cells like macrophages
2. B Lymphocytes

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What antigens does it display and to what cells?

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Exogenous antigens to helper T cells

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What’s the message of MHC-II? What is the meaning and what is the result?

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Message: “look what I ate”
Meaning: An extracellular pathogen or toxin is present
Result: Activation of Humoral Immune Response where antibodies are made and system is at full alert

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_______ happens by an Antigen-Presenting Cell (APCs)

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Phagocytosis

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What do APCs always have? What do epitopes in the phagosome do?

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Always have vesicles

Epitopes ‘identify’ what the invader is

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What happens when the vesicle and phagosome fuse?

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Exposes MHC-II to pathogen epitope

64
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What happens when vesicles with MHC-II/Epitope fuse with the cell membrane?

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Displays epitope to outside world

65
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What is the immune response against exogenous antigens?

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Humoral Response

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Exogenous antigens are things that invade the host, but don’t go into the host cell. True or False?

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True

67
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The Humoral Response occurs in the blood via what?

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Antibodies

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What are 3 antibodies that make up the Humoral response? What do they compose of?

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  1. B Cells: Plasma and memory cells
  2. T Cells: Type 2 Helper Cells
  3. Major Histocompatibility Complex 2
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What are the 5 steps in the Humoral Response?

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  1. Antigen presentation
  2. Helper cell differentiation
  3. Clonal Selection
  4. B Cell Activation
  5. Memory
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What’s the first step to Humoral Response?

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APCs take in invading cell by phagocytosis, displays bits of antigen on surface

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Where does APC travel to? What happens once it travels here?

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Travels to Lymph node then looks for helper T cell whose receptor can bind to antigen

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Only a T cell with the ___________________________

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Only a T cell with right receptor will bind to presented antigen

73
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What’s the second step to Humoral Response?

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Interaction between APC and TH cell causes release of interleukins that activate Helper T cell which triggers change into TH2, which helps activate B cells

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What are B cells coated in and what do they have? What are B cells also known as and what do they make?

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B cell is coated with unique antibodies, which has specific antigens

B cells are also APCs which make MHC-II

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What’s the third step to Humoral Response?

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C cell’s surface antibodies capture an antigen, cell ‘eats’ antigen and connects it to its MHC-II, which is presented to any TH2 cell with right TCR

76
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What is it called when a TH2 cell and B cell both bind the same antibodies?

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Signal to the body

77
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What does the ‘signal to the body’ say?

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B cell can make antibodies that will bind to the antigen

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What is the process that selects for a particular ‘version’ of the B cell?

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Clonal Selection

79
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What is the fourth step to Humoral Response?

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TH2 binds to B cell and secretes a cytokine that ‘activates’ the B cell

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What does activation mean for the Humoral Response? What do they make?

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Activation means cell undergoes many rounds of mitosis, making many copies of relevant B cells

Lots of plasma cells are made which secrete antibodies (same antibodies are bound to antigen)

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What other cells are also made as a result of activation? Describe their function. Where do they circulate and for how long?

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Memory cells - aren’t actively producing antibodies, but still contains information for making them

Circulates in body for years

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What are the 3 main steps of Humoral Response?

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  1. Antigen is presented to T cell by APC
  2. T cell then looks for matching B cell
  3. B cell is activated to make many antibodies and memory cells
82
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How long does the response take the first time you’re exposed to a pathogen? Why?

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Takes a while, because immune system has to ‘learn’ to recognize the antigen

83
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How long does the response take after the first time? Why?

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Faster, because immune system is ‘remembering’ rather than ‘learning’

84
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What is the immune response against endogenous antigens?

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Cell-mediated response

85
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What does the cell-mediated response target?

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Infected or abnormal cells

86
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What cell types are used in Cell-mediated response? Which cells are not used? Which MHC type is used?

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TH1 and Tcyt
No B cells
MHC-I used

87
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What are the 5 steps of Cell-mediated response?

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  1. Antigen presentation by host cell
  2. Clonal selection
  3. Differentiation of TH —> TH1
  4. Tcyt activation
  5. Memory
88
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All human cells except RBCs do what?

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Constantly sample their own interiors to present random bits and pieces on MHC-I

89
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After interiors are sampled, what happens if the bits-and-pieces are normal? What if they’re wrong? What T cells do identification?

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If normal host antigens, they won’t trigger a response

If wrong antigens, this will be identified by T cells
1. Tcyt cell
2. TH cell

90
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How is Tcyt cells activated?

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Tcyt binds to MHC-I/antigen complex

91
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What do Tcyt cells do?

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Can recognize the ‘problematic’ antigen

92
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What happens after Tcyt activation?

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Interleukins released, inflammatory response

93
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After interleukin release, what do Tcyt cells do? What 2 things are a result of this?

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Tcyt cells will bind to infected cells and kill them
1. Induction of Apoptosis
2. Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor

94
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What happens when TH cells bind? What is secreted afterwards?

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Converted to TH1

95
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What happens to the Tcyt and TH cells while some TH cells bind to be converted to TH1 cells?

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Undergo replication

96
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What does undergoing replication mean?
(HINT: 2 meanings)

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  1. Increased response
  2. Memory will be formed, stronger more rapid response next time
97
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What is acquired and improved during an individual’s life?

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Specific Immunity

98
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What is gained in response to antigens introduced via vaccine?

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Artificially-Acquired Immunity

99
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What is a response to antigens via Humoral or Cell-Mediated Response?

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Active Immunity

100
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What does active immunity mean? What does passive immunity mean?

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Active - Receiving antigen to train immune system
Passive - Receive antibodies only

100
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What is a response to antigens via antibodies that came from another individual?

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Passive Immunity

100
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What is the introduction of artificially-acquired immunity?

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Immunization

101
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What is gained in response to antigens encountered in daily life?

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Naturally-Acquired Immunity

101
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Can Immunization be both active or passive?

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Yes

102
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What is Variolation?

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Grinding up scabs with mild smallpox and used it to infect children

103
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What are the pros and cons of Variolation?

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Pros: Protected most recipients from getting severe smallpox
Cons: 1-2% of recipients died and recipients are still contagious

104
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What is used by giving individuals specific antibodies against a thing?

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Passive Immunization

105
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Does passive immunization train the immune system? Why?

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No, since antibodies aren’t associated with specific B cell

106
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What are the pros and cons of passive immunization?

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Pros: Quick response to exogenous antigens (ex: Botulism treatment)
Cons: No memory from B or T cells and once antibodies are degraded, there’s no more immunity

107
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What did Edward Jenner do?
(Include virus name)

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Showed people who got cowpox (Vaccinia virus) did not get smallpox

108
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What is infecting people with non-harmful version of pathogen called?

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Vaccination

109
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Name 6 vaccines developed at the end of the 20th century

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  1. Polio
  2. Measles
  3. Mumps
  4. Rubella
  5. Chicken Pox
  6. Hepatitis A and B
110
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Vaccination allowed us to ___________ smallpox. What is the next target?

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Vaccination allowed us to eradicate smallpox.

Polio is the next target

111
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By WHO stats, what does it estimate every year? How much can be prevented by vaccination
(HINT: 3 answers)

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  1. Vaccination saves 2-3 million lives every year
  2. 10 million children younger than 5 die every year
  3. One quarter of these can be prevented by vaccination
112
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Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, how much has Polio decreased? How many new cases in 1988 vs 2007? What makes it challenging?

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Worldwide incidence decreased by 99%

1988 - 350,000 new cases
2007 - 1,300 new cases

World events make it challenging

113
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What is the idea that a population is what needs to be protected from a disease, rather than any single individual?

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Herd Immunity

114
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Herd immunity confers protection to what people? Why?

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People who are not immune

Person who is susceptible never comes in contact with diseased individual, they will never get sick

115
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What does herd immunity require? What is the ‘bad’ alternative to herd immunity?

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High rate of immunization

Global pandemic to get everybody infected

116
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What qualities of a disease makes it so different diseases require different levels of immunization to confer herd immunity?

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Infectiousness of disease and method of transmission

117
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Immunization has a very _____ risk. What does it depend on?

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Immunization has very LOW risk

Depends on vaccine type

118
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What are 2 reasons fear is a big factor regarding immunization?

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  1. Mistrust of vaccine administrators for religious reasons
  2. Mistrust of vaccination due to disinformation
119
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What are 3 factors that make it hard to vaccinate?

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  1. Populations are in areas that are hard to reach
  2. High cost to develop vaccines
  3. Some organisms naturally resist vaccination
120
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List 2 organisms that resist vaccination

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  1. HIV
  2. Common cold
121
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True or False. The research about the link between vaccines and autism by Andrew Wakefield are fabricated.

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True

122
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What are the 4 types of vaccines?

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  1. Attenuated vaccines
  2. Killed/inactivated vaccines
  3. Toxoid vaccines
  4. RNA vaccines (new)
123
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What is when a live organism that has been modified is introduced to a person?

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Attenuated vaccine

124
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What can attenuation be through?

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Genetic modification or by selecting mutants that are avirulent

125
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What does modification do to an organism?

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Makes organism avirulent, so it cannot cause the disease

126
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What are the 4 pros of attenuated vaccines?

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  1. Contains replicating microbes, which means lots of antigens and strong immune response
  2. Viral vaccines trigger cell-mediated immune response, which leads to memory
  3. Bacterial vaccines trigger humoral response, which leads to memory
  4. Can contribute to herd immunity, because they infect those around them with attenuated version so those people are now protected
127
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What are the 3 cons of attenuated vaccines?

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  1. Can lead to disease, especially in immunocompromised
  2. Can cross placenta, meaning pregnant women should not get them
  3. Modified viruses can occasionally revert to wild-type or mutate to virulent form
128
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What can be either whole killed microbes or subunits or fragments of a microbe?

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Killed/Inactivated Vaccines

129
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What is important during production of a killed vaccine?

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Antigens are not altered too much

130
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What kind of antigen is used in killed vaccines? What does it do?

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Exogenous antigens

Can’t infect the cell, won’t trigger cell-mediated response, but still stimulate hormonal response

131
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What’s the pros of killed vaccines?

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Safer than liver vaccines since it can’t replicate or mutate into virulent form

132
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What are the 3 cons of killed vaccines?

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  1. Not infectious —> can’t generate herd immunity
  2. Not replicating —> fewer antigens means you might have to get booster doses
  3. Not effective at training the immune system
133
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What do we use to vaccinate against a specific toxin?

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Toxoid Vaccines

134
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What is a toxoid?

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Modified version of toxin

135
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List 2 diseases toxoid vaccines are important for

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  1. Tetanus
  2. Diphtheria
136
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How many doses of toxoid vaccines do you need? What is its response rate like? What kind of immune response is triggered?

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Multiple doses, has a lower response rate

Only very specific immune response is triggered

137
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What 2 pieces of information do you need to make an mRNA vaccine?

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  1. What does an antigen on the surface of pathogen look like?
  2. What is an RNA sequence that would generate that structure?
138
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With the given information, what do you do to mRNA to produce a vaccine?

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Synthesize mRNA and encapsulate it in a lipid (so it can cross into cells)

139
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After encapsulation, what are the 4 steps to making an mRNA vaccine?

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  1. Cells produce (and release) many copies of antigen
  2. Stimulates Humoral immune response, to make more antibodies
  3. To neutralize any virion that comes into the body
    4.No attachment = no entry = no synthesis = no assembly = no release = no infection
140
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When did the first clinical trials for RNA vaccines start?

A

2003

141
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Was RNA vaccines used in COVID-19 Pandemic? Why?

A

No, due to lack of funding for rapid development and deployment

142
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How effective are RNA Vaccines? What is the efficacy in preventing hospitalization?

A

Incredibly effective, 90%+ efficacy in preventing hospitalization

143
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How safe are RNA vaccines? What are the side effects like?

A

Incredibly safe
Mild side effects are common to all vaccines
More serious side effects very rare

144
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For the serious side effects of RNA vaccines, what are the cases like? What is it less common than?

A

10.69 cases per 100,000 persons for highest risk group

Much less common than severe illness without the vaccine

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