Overview Flashcards
What are the cells which are myeloid origin?
- thrombocyte
- erythrocyte
- mast cell
- basophil
- neutrophil
- eosinophil
- monocyte/macrophage
- dendritic cells
What are the cells of lymphoid origin?
- natural killer cells
- T cell
- B cell
What is the function of monocytes?
Circulate the blood then migrate into tissues to differentiate into macrophages
What is the function of macrophages?
- phagocytes
- antigen presenting
What type of macrophage is pro inflammatory?
M1
What type of macrophage is anti inflammatory?
M2
What is the function of mast cells?
- granulocytes
- granules release histamine
- allergy role
What is the function of neutrophils?
- most numerous immune cell
- phagocytes
- granulocytes
- release antimicrobials and degradative enzymes
What is the most numerous immune cell?
Neutrophil
What is the function of basophils?
- granulocytes
- release antimicrobials and degradative enzymes
- release histamine
What is the function of eosinophils?
- phagocytes
- larger than basophils and neutrophils
- granulocytes
- release antimicrobials and degradative enzymes
- release histamine
What is the function of dendritic cells?
- antigen presenting
- activate T and B cells
- mature dendritic cells can prime naive T cells
What is the function of natural killer cells?
- granulocytes
- release lyric granules which kill infected cells
- hold back infection until adaptive immunity kicks in
- link innate and adaptive immunity
- produce cytokines
What is the function of T cells?
Cellular immunity
Where are T cells produced?
Bone marrow
Where do T cells mature?
Thymus
What are the CD4+ cell subsets?
TH1
TH2
TH17
TFH
Treg
What is the function of TH1?
Support macrophages
What is the function of TH2?
Supports humoral response
Function of TH17?
Supports innate immune response
Secrets IL-17,22
Function of TFH?
Supports humoral response
Function of Treg?
Suppress T cell activity and prevent autoimmunity
Function of B cells?
Humoral response
Describe innate immunity
- first line of defence
- non-specific
- short lasting
- immediate
Where are B cells produced?
Bone marrow
Where do B cells migrate to once they are produced?
Via the blood to the spleen or lymph nodes
What is the function of B cell receptors?
Bind to antigens
What is an antigen?
Foreign substance
What are the sequence of steps which occur following an antigen binding to a B cell receptor?
- antigen engulfed into the B cell
- B cell breaks down the antigen and the products are placed on the surface of the B cell in major histocompatibility complexes II (MHC II)
- these allow CD4+ T helper cells to bind
- this releases lymphokines
- this causes B cells to differentiate into plasma cells which release antigens
What is the function of T helper cells (CD4)?
Bind to MHC II on B cells
What is the function of cytotoxic T cells (CD8)?
Bind to MHC I on virally infected cells
- this secretes cytotoxins which induces apoptosis
What do all cells with a nucleus contain?
MHC I in their membrane
What is the function of memory T cells?
They can initiate a very rapid response if they have encountered the antigen before
Role of epithelium in innate immunity?
- physical barrier
- antimicrobials peptides
- cytokines/chemokines
- IgA
- lactoferrin
- lysosomes
- cystains
What are examples of antimicrobial peptides?
- B defence
- HNPs
What is the function of antimicrobial peptides?
- modulate immunity
- destroy pathogens
What is IgA?
- an immunoglobulin
- produced at the mucosal surface
- binds to bacterial cell flagella preventing motility
- opsonisation
What is opsonisation?
Coating of microbes for host recognition
What is the function of chemokines?
Cell recruitment and chemotaxis
What is the function of cytokines?
Cell activation
What are the main type of T cell receptor?
Toll like receptors
What are the main receptors in periodontitis?
TLR2 and TLR4
What type of microbe can enter the cell?
Viruses
What do dentin and glucagon receptors recognise?
Fungi
What do NOD like receptors recognise?
Bacteria
PRR PAMP
Pattern recognition receptors recognise pathogen associated molecular patterns
What do PARs recognise?
Microbial and allergens
What is the function of lactoferrin?
Antimicrobial and transports iron ions
What is the function of lysozymes?
Attacks bacterial cell walls
What is the function of cystains~?
Anti-protease activity
What are the sequence of steps in phagocytosis?
- chemotaxis transport phagocytes to microbe
- adherence
- phagocyte ingests the microbe
- phagosome formed
- phagolysosome formed
- enzymes digest the microbe
- waste is discharged
What are examples of professional antigen presenting cells?
Macrophages and dendritic cells
What are examples of phagocytes?
- neutrophils
- dendritic cells
- mast cells
- macrophages
- eosinophils
What are the three types of cell adhesion molecules?
- selectins
- integrins
- immunoglobulins
What are examples of granulocytes?
- mast cells
- natural killer cells
- monocytes
- macrophages
- neutrophils
What are the 4 main roles of the innate immune system?
- recognise pathogens
- engulf and destroy pathogens
- alarm other immune cells to fight pathogens
- coordinate with the adaptive immune component
How are pathogens recognised by the innate immune cells?
Pathogen associated molecular patterns are recognised by pattern recognition receptors
Describe adaptive immunity
- specific
- acquired
- not immediate
When does adaptive immunity kick in?
When the threshold level of antigen is reached
What type of chains feature on T cell receptors?
Alpha and beta mainly