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Mucosal and Dermal immunity Flashcards

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Systemic Immune Response

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no-local

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What types of tissue are involved in Mucosal and Cutaneous Immunty

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Mucosa and skin associated Lymphoid tissue

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What makes up the Mucosa-associated Lymphoid tissue

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GALT, BALT, NAlt

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Relatively thin layers of Epithelial cells that line body passages

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Mucosa

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5
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Surface area of Mucosa

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400 square meters

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6
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Single Later of columnar Epithelial cells

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Type I mucosa

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7
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Many layers, with top being squamous epithelial cells

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Type II mucosa

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8
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Viscous solution of polysaccharides mixed with water

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Mucus

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9
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What does Mucus cover

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Apical membrane of epithelial cell

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10
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Mucus contains

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Antimicrobial peptides, enzymes, antibodies…

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11
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Main Ab of Type I mucus

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SIgA

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Main Ab of Type II mucus

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IgG

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13
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Non-inducible Defenses of GI

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Acidity, Motility, Mucous Layer with under glycocalyx, Tight Junction

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14
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Where commensal bacteria for the gut hang out

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in the lumen

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15
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What is found in the emithelial layer of the Gut

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Intra-epithelial lymphocytes(gamma delta T cells), Goblet cells(mucus) and Paneth cells (for antimicrobial peptides)

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16
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M Cell roll in Gut

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Antigen sensing

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17
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Where Imune cells are found in the gut

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In the Lamina Proprea

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18
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Firs cells to touch Pathogen

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Intestinal Epithelial cells

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19
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Area under the epithelial cells

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Lamina Propria

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Lamina Propria contain

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Macrophages, neutrophils, mast cells, immature DCs, Memory T and B cells, effector Th17 cells

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21
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Cell involved with Pyer’s patches in the gut for an immune response

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M cell

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22
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Ag Sampling in the gut

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M cells internalize to give to Dendritic cells

CD103 DC’s-elongate through epithelial layer to sample lumen

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23
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NALT and BALT provide defense against

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Inhaled AG

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NALT involves

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Nasal submucosal glands, Tonsils, Epithelial Cells(type II), Follicles and Diffuse Lymphocytes

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Balt involves

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Bronchial submucosal glands, Epithelial cells(type I), Follicles and diffuse lymphocytes

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Non-inducable mechanisms for NALT and BALT

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Nose Hairs(NALT only)
Mucus
Cilia
Coughing
Tonsils
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27
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why is it easy to sample Antigens in the NALT and the BALT

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Environemnt is less caustic

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28
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What does the BALT have to sample Ag

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M cells and follicle asssociated epithelia

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DC’s in the NALT can process Ag and move where

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Tonsils or diffuse lymphoid

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30
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How do macrophages recognize microbes

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Via pattern recognition receptors

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31
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Macrophages recognizing microbes leads to

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Activation of the macrophage and the ability to kill microbes

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32
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Activation of Pattern recognition receptors on macrophages initiates

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Inflammatory response

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33
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The adaptive response in the gut is biased toward

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SigA, to protect antigen from being degraded

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34
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If inflammatory response is needed in the gut what will be activated

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Robust Th1/Th17 response

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35
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INductive site in the gut

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Where an antigen is presented

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36
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Activation of the Inductive site leads to

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Activation of the B cell and class swtiching and ends up in the effector site

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37
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Effector site role

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Secretory portion of cells allow shit antibodies to go into the lumen

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38
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Where is SIgA found

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Constitutively in mucus

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39
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Is SIgA Ag specific

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yes, but can bind to adhesion molecules found on many pathogens

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40
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What kind of reactivity is 50% of SIgA in the gut

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Cross-reactive

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41
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Does SigA activate its complement well

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No, so it doesn’t trigger unnecessary inflammation

42
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Do host and microbial protesases affect SIgA

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No

43
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When an Antibody reacts with something it normally is not made to react with

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Cross-reaction

44
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Why not initiate inflammatory response in mucosal surfaces

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Cytokines, such as TNF-alpha can disrupt tight junctions between epithelial cells

45
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What does Cutaneous Immunity

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Skin-Associated Lymphoid Tissue: epidermis and dermis

46
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Cells involved in Cutaneous Immunity

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DCs, mast cells, macrophages T cells, little/no b Cells(no mucus)

47
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Immune response of Cutaneous immunity

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Activation of nearby memory T cells, or induction of systemic immunity (Th1/Th17-inflammatory)

48
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Ability of any bacterial speicies to cause disease in a susceptible human host

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Pathogenicity

49
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Presumes pathogenicity, but allows expression of degrees from low to high

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Virulence

50
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Why does Clinical disease result

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When a pathogen is able to enter a host, colonize, survive immune system defense, and cause damage

51
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What is neccessary for primary pathogens

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Breach human cellular and anatomic barriers
Avoid host defenses
And transmit to a new host

52
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Vector Borne transmission

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Like a tick biting you

53
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Do all pathogens need the same amount of the pathogen to get you sick

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No

54
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3 stages to establish an infection

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Adherence, Coloniziation/invation

Damage

55
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How would a pathogen breach host innate defenses to colonize

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Attach to unique host molecules
IgA Protease
Inherent resistance to lysozymes
Mechanisms to sequester iron

56
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How pathogens bind to host cells

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Though Pili and protein adhesins

57
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Pili can bind to what cells

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bind to cell-specific receptors present in material covering the host cell

58
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Roll of Pili for pathogens

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Allow inital attachment, bringing organism closter to cell so second Adhesin can bind

59
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Attachment mech of bacterial pathogens

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Pili or Fimbriae, Biofilms

60
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Cleaves SIgA in the hinge region to release the Fc portion from the Fab fragment

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SIgA protease

61
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How some cells avoid lysozymes

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Outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria prevent penetration of lysozymes

62
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How bacteria fight the low levels of iron needed to grow

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Produce Siderophores to compete with human proteins for iron

63
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Sequesters iron

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Lactoferrin

64
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ways a pathogen avoids immune system

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Invade and survive in host cells
avoid contact with phagocytes
Inhibit phagocytic engulfment

65
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PAthogen that cannot invade host cells

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Extracellular

66
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Pathogen that can invade host cells, but can survive extracellular

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Facultative intracellular bacteria

67
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Require host cells for surival

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Obligate intracellular bacteria

68
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Facultative intracellular bacteria prefer to enter

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Macrophages

69
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OBligate intracellular bacteria prefer to not enter

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Macrophage

70
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Any protein produce by bacteria that allows the bacteria to invade non-phagocytic host cells/tissue

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Invasins

71
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Examples of Invasins

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Effector Proteins injected by type III secretion
Secreted enzymes that interupt tight juntion
Proteins that bind integrins on host cell and facilitate uptake

72
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Action of Effector Proteins

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Promote invation of host cell

suppress host cell defenses

73
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Endosomes normal action

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Fuse with lysosomes to digest contents

74
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Invasive pathogens that enter through endosomes must be able to

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Disrupt normal cell vesicle trafficking, escape endosome in cytoplasm

75
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How pathogens avoid being killed once in the cell

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Modify endosome for survial
Escape endosome and replicate
Block endosome-lysosome fusion

76
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How can a pathogen avoid phagocytosis by a macrophage and PMN

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Capsule that interferes with complement deposition on bacteria

77
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How a capsule aids in avoiding innate host defense

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Binds factor H present in serum-degrades complement protein C3b preventing it’s deposition on bacterial cell surface

78
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How a pathogen will avoid contact with phagocytes

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Invade location not surveilled phagocytes
avoid inducing inflammation
Inhibit phagocyte chemotaxis
Bind host molecules to hide antigenic surface

79
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How can a pathogen Inhibit phagocytosis

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Polysaccharide Capsule
M protein and fimbriae
O Polysaccharide
K Antigen
Cell-bound Protein A
80
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How Cell-bound Protein A inhibits phagocytosis

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Binds to Fc region of IgG and blocks Ab binding(prevents opsonization)

81
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How can a pathogen munipulat PAMPS and AMPS

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Have poorly recognized Lipid A portion of LPS (TLR-4)
Lipid A modification-changes surface(prevent AMPS)
Alter cell wall with Teichoic acid(prevents TLR signalling

82
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What does Varying surface antigens on pathogens do

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Prevent PAMPS from being recognized

83
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Why pathogens would kill host cells

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Decrease number of defenders and prevent the alarm bells from sounding

84
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Roll of strptolysin and Leukocidin

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Target neutrophils to release lysozomal content into cytoplasm

85
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Roll of Exotoxin A

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Targets and kills Macrophages

86
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Ways baceria can injur host

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Exotoxin, endotoxin, hydrolytic enzymes, superantigen exotoxins
Inflammation

87
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Bacterial secreted proteins

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Exotoxins

88
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Lipid A portion of LPS of Gram-negative bacteria that stimulates cytokine release(inflammation)

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Endotoxin

89
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Facilitate tissue invasion

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Hydrolytic enzymes

90
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Stimulate massive sytokine secretion (toxic shock)

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superantigen exotoxins

91
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Prolonged immune response to bacteria can damage host tissues

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Inflammation

92
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What can be exotins

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Local or Systemic if in blood

93
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What can exotoxins bind to

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Host cell specific-bind to specific cell receptors

94
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Effect of Exotoins

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Depends on target but may inhibit, stimulate, or kill

95
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A- B exotoxin parts

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B=bind to host cell surface receptor glycoproteins or glycolipids
A=transported by direct fusion or endocytosis into host to act on target

96
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Create pores in host cell membrane(DAMPS)

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Membrane active exotoxins

97
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Lipid A portion of LPS

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Endotoxin

98
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How endotoxin induces fever

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macrophages release IL-1 and TNF

99
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Useing antibiotics on Endotoxin

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Makes it worse because Lipid A is released

100
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Binds to MHC II, activating T cell non specifically, causing them to release Cytokines IL-1 and TNF to cause shock/inflammation

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Superantigen

101
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Chronic infection can cause

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delayed type hypersensitivity reaction

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