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1
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What are the cells which are myeloid origin?

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  • thrombocyte
  • erythrocyte
  • mast cell
  • basophil
  • neutrophil
  • eosinophil
  • monocyte/macrophage
  • dendritic cells
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What are the cells of lymphoid origin?

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  • natural killer cells
  • T cell
  • B cell
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What is the function of monocytes?

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Circulate the blood then migrate into tissues to differentiate into macrophages

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What is the function of macrophages?

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  • phagocytes
  • antigen presenting
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What type of macrophage is pro inflammatory?

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M1

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What type of macrophage is anti inflammatory?

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M2

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What is the function of mast cells?

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  • granulocytes
  • granules release histamine
  • allergy role
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What is the function of neutrophils?

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  • most numerous immune cell
  • phagocytes
  • granulocytes
  • release antimicrobials and degradative enzymes
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What is the most numerous immune cell?

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Neutrophil

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What is the function of basophils?

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  • granulocytes
  • release antimicrobials and degradative enzymes
  • release histamine
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What is the function of eosinophils?

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  • phagocytes
  • larger than basophils and neutrophils
  • granulocytes
  • release antimicrobials and degradative enzymes
  • release histamine
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What is the function of dendritic cells?

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  • antigen presenting
  • activate T and B cells
  • mature dendritic cells can prime naive T cells
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What is the function of natural killer cells?

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  • granulocytes
  • release lyric granules which kill infected cells
  • hold back infection until adaptive immunity kicks in
  • link innate and adaptive immunity
  • produce cytokines
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What is the function of T cells?

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Cellular immunity

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15
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Where are T cells produced?

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Bone marrow

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16
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Where do T cells mature?

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Thymus

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17
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What are the CD4+ cell subsets?

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TH1
TH2
TH17
TFH
Treg

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18
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What is the function of TH1?

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Support macrophages

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What is the function of TH2?

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Supports humoral response

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Function of TH17?

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Supports innate immune response
Secrets IL-17,22

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Function of TFH?

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Supports humoral response

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22
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Function of Treg?

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Suppress T cell activity and prevent autoimmunity

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Function of B cells?

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Humoral response

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24
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Describe innate immunity

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  • first line of defence
  • non-specific
  • short lasting
  • immediate
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Where are B cells produced?

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Bone marrow

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Where do B cells migrate to once they are produced?

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Via the blood to the spleen or lymph nodes

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What is the function of B cell receptors?

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Bind to antigens

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28
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What is an antigen?

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Foreign substance

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29
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What are the sequence of steps which occur following an antigen binding to a B cell receptor?

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  • 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
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What is the function of T helper cells (CD4)?

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Bind to MHC II on B cells

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31
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What is the function of cytotoxic T cells (CD8)?

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Bind to MHC I on virally infected cells
- this secretes cytotoxins which induces apoptosis

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32
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What do all cells with a nucleus contain?

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MHC I in their membrane

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33
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What is the function of memory T cells?

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They can initiate a very rapid response if they have encountered the antigen before

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34
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Role of epithelium in innate immunity?

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  • physical barrier
  • antimicrobials peptides
  • cytokines/chemokines
  • IgA
  • lactoferrin
  • lysosomes
  • cystains
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35
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What are examples of antimicrobial peptides?

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  • B defence
  • HNPs
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36
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What is the function of antimicrobial peptides?

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  • modulate immunity
  • destroy pathogens
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37
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What is IgA?

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  • an immunoglobulin
  • produced at the mucosal surface
  • binds to bacterial cell flagella preventing motility
  • opsonisation
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38
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What is opsonisation?

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Coating of microbes for host recognition

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39
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What is the function of chemokines?

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Cell recruitment and chemotaxis

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40
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What is the function of cytokines?

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Cell activation

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41
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What are the main type of T cell receptor?

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Toll like receptors

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42
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What are the main receptors in periodontitis?

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TLR2 and TLR4

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43
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What type of microbe can enter the cell?

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Viruses

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44
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What do dentin and glucagon receptors recognise?

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Fungi

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45
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What do NOD like receptors recognise?

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Bacteria

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46
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PRR PAMP

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Pattern recognition receptors recognise pathogen associated molecular patterns

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47
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What do PARs recognise?

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Microbial and allergens

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48
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What is the function of lactoferrin?

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Antimicrobial and transports iron ions

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49
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What is the function of lysozymes?

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Attacks bacterial cell walls

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50
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What is the function of cystains~?

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Anti-protease activity

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What are the sequence of steps in phagocytosis?

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  • chemotaxis transport phagocytes to microbe
  • adherence
  • phagocyte ingests the microbe
  • phagosome formed
  • phagolysosome formed
  • enzymes digest the microbe
  • waste is discharged
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52
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What are examples of professional antigen presenting cells?

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Macrophages and dendritic cells

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53
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What are examples of phagocytes?

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  • neutrophils
  • dendritic cells
  • mast cells
  • macrophages
  • eosinophils
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54
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What are the three types of cell adhesion molecules?

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  • selectins
  • integrins
  • immunoglobulins
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What are examples of granulocytes?

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  • mast cells
  • natural killer cells
  • monocytes
  • macrophages
  • neutrophils
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56
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What are the 4 main roles of the innate immune system?

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  • recognise pathogens
  • engulf and destroy pathogens
  • alarm other immune cells to fight pathogens
  • coordinate with the adaptive immune component
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How are pathogens recognised by the innate immune cells?

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Pathogen associated molecular patterns are recognised by pattern recognition receptors

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58
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Describe adaptive immunity

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  • specific
  • acquired
  • not immediate
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59
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When does adaptive immunity kick in?

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When the threshold level of antigen is reached

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60
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What type of chains feature on T cell receptors?

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Alpha and beta mainly

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61
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What is the process in which T cell receptors are rearranged?

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Somatic recombination

62
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What enzyme drives somatic recombination?

63
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What is the function of somatic recombination?

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Leads to different receptor structures which are able to recognise different antigens

64
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Where is thymic education carried out?

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In the thymus

65
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How do the T cells get from the bone marrow to the thymus?

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The thymus secretes chemokines which draws the T persecutor cells towards the thymus (chemotaxis)

66
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What is the thymus?

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Primary lymphoid organ gland

67
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What happens to the T cell persecutors in the thymus?

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  • ## T cell receptors and recombination presented on surfaces, both CD8 and CD4 proteins on surface
68
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What does MHC stand for?

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Major histocompatilbilty complex

69
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What is positive selection?

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When MCHs recognise CD4/CD8 effectively

70
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What happens if during positive selection, the MHCs don’t recognise the CD4/CD8?

71
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What is the step after positive selection?

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Negative selection

72
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What is negative selection?

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  • MHCs have self peptides displayed
  • if TCRs recognise the self peptides then apoptosis is induced
  • prevents autoimmunity
73
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What happens after negative selection?

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The T persecutor cell with either react with the MHC I or MHC II molecule

74
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What is the name for a T cell which reacts with MHC II?

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T helper cell (CD4)

75
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What is the name for a T cell which reacts with MHC I?

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Cytotoxic T cell (CD8)

76
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How are T regulatory cells produced?

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  • some T helper cells and Cytotoxic cells can become T regulatory cells
  • AT THIS STAGE THE T CELLS ARE STILL NAIVE
77
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What are the signals required for T cell activation?

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  • TCR interaction with MHC of antigen presenting cell
  • costimulation
  • cytokine production
78
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What are B cell receptors?

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Immunoglobulins

79
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What type of chais do B cells have?

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Heavy and light

80
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What type of selection do B cells undergo and where?

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Negative selection in the bone marrow

81
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What happens in B cell negative selection?

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  • if a B cell reacts with a self antigen it is retained in the bone marrow and phagocytosed by macrophages
  • if a B cell doesn’t react with a self antigen it moves into the blood and expresses IgD and IgM
82
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What is the most numerous immunoglobin?

83
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Which immnoglobin has 10 binding sites?

84
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Which imunoglobins have high affinity?

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IgG and IgE

85
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What is the function of IgE?

86
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What are immunoglobins?

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Antibodies

87
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What are three functions of antibodies to prevent microbial activity?

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  • neutralisation
  • opsonisation
  • initiation of the classical pathway of complement
88
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Where are B cells activated?

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In lymph nodes

89
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What are the two types of B cell activation?

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  • thymus dependant
  • thymus independent
90
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Which type of B cell activation produces memory B cells?

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Thymus dependant

91
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Where do B cells mature?

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Bone marrow

92
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Describe the process of B cell activation

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  • B cell is triggered when encountering its matching antigen
  • B cell engulfs the antigen and digests it
  • B cell displays the antigen fragments bound to its MHCs
  • this MHC- antigen complex attracts a matching mature T cell
  • cytokines are secreted by the T cell which help the B cell to multiply and differentiate into antibody producing plasma cells or B memory cells
    -in plasma cells these antibodies are released into the blood in order to lock onto matching antigens which are cleared from the body
93
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What is the different in life length of plasma cells and memory B cells?

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  • memory B cella can live for decades
  • plasma cells are short lived
94
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What is the function of memory B cells?

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If a memory B cell encounters a previously encountered enticed it will divide rapidly and make plasma cells which results in a large number of antibodies to destroy the pathogen

95
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What does clinal selection produce?

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B memory cells and plasma cells

96
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How many chains are antibodies made up of?

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4 (2 heavy 2 light)

97
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Where do B cells and T cells communicate?

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Germinal centres

98
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What is the function of immunological tolerance?

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Safeguard mechanism to prevent the production of auto reactive cells

99
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What are the 5 cardinal signs of inflammation?

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  • redness
  • heat
  • swelling
  • pain
  • loss of function
100
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What are the stages of inflammation?

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  • initiation
  • progression
  • amplification
  • resolution (acute)
  • no resolution (chronic)
101
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What is the vascular response to acute inflammation?

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  • dilation of small BV
  • leaky vessels (exudation) to increase vascular permeability leading to an influx of inflammatory infiltrate (oedema)
102
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Describe the complement system?

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  • activated by one of three pathways
  • classical/alternative/lectin
  • all activate C3
  • C3 convertase produces C3a and C3b
  • C3b is responsible for opsonisation
  • C3a is responsible for the production of anaphylatoxins
  • C5a attracts macrophages and neutrophils
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What is the classical pathway triggered by?

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Antibody attaching to microbe

104
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What is the alternative pathway triggered by?

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Microbial cell wall

105
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What is the lectin pathway triggered by?

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Carbohydrates on the pathogens surface

106
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What is the role of anaphylatoxins?

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  • smooth muscle contraction
  • leaky capillaries to increase inflammatory infiltration
107
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What are common causes of inflammation?

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  • infection
  • hypersensitivity
  • physical/chemical agents
  • tissue necrosis
108
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What cells release histamine?

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  • mast cells
  • basophils
  • platelets
109
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Sequence of steps in acute inflammation

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blood flow changes
- constriction to control blood loss
- dilation to increase blood flow to tissue
- histamine release increases permeability and formation of an exudate
- circulation is slowed
Exudation of fluid- plasma proteins to site
- starlings law
Cellular phase
- neutrophils (C5a)- remove pathogens

110
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Describe the kin in system

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  • activated by hageman factor
  • activated kallikrein which converted kininogens to kinins eg bradykinin
  • kinins cause:
    Vasodilation
    Activate complement
    Chemotaxis for neutrophils
    Increase blood vessel permeability
111
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What’s an example of a kinin?

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Bradykinin

112
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What are the three coagulation pathways?

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  • extrinsic
  • intrinsic
  • common thrombin
113
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What triggers the extrinsic coagulation pathway?

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Damaged blood vessels

114
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What triggers the intrinsic coagulation pathway?

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Blood coming into contact with sub-endothelial connective tissue

115
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What triggers the common thrombin coagulation system?

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Production of thrombin

116
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What is haemophilia?

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When blood doesn’t clot properly

117
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What is the function of the fibrinolytic system?

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To prevent excess blood clotting

118
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Describe the fibrinolytic system

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  • kallikrein converts plasminogen to plasmin
  • plasmin converts fibrin to fibrin degradation products
119
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Which two organs cannot repair?

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The heart and liver

120
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What is suppuration?

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Formation of an abscess
- up sis a collection of dead bacteria and dying neutrophils

121
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What are the ways in which chronic inflammation can arise?

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  • take over from acute inflammation
  • de novo eg autoimmune
  • develop alongside acute inflammation
122
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What are the hallmarks of chronic inflammation?

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  • neutrophils are replaced with macrophages and lymphocytes
  • tissue destruction
  • healing
123
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What is an example of non-specific chronic inflammation?

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Periodontitis

124
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What is an example of specific chronic inflammation?

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Rheumatoid arthritis

125
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What causes cloudy swelling?

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Influx of sodium and water

126
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What causes fatty change?

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Accumulation of lipid vacuoles in th cytoplasm

127
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What are four types of tissue necrosis?

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  • co-agulation
  • liquefactive
  • caseous
  • fibrinoid
128
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What is hypoxia?

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Deficient oxygen delivery to tissue

129
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What is ischaemia?

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Deficient blood flow to tissue

130
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What are the stages in healing?

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  • coagulation
  • inflammation
  • proliferation
  • maturation
131
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What is repair vs regeneration of tissue?

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  • repair is done during chronic inflammation
  • regeneration is rebuilding up the tissue done in acute inflammation
132
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What are liable cells and an example?

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Rapid regeneration cells eg epithelial cells

133
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What are stable cells and an example?

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Regenerating cells eg liver and kidney cells

134
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What are permanent cells and examples?

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Permanent cells eg heart and muscle cells

135
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What occurs during the proliferation stage of tissue healing?

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  • formation of granulation tissue (vascular and fibrous)
  • angiogenesis
136
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What occurs in the maturation stage of tissue healing?

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Tissue remodelling

137
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What are the stages in fracture healing?

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  • inflammation
  • repairing
  • remodelling
138
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What is hypersensitivity?

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State of altered reactivity where the body reacts with an exaggerated immune response to a foreign agent

139
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What is the most common type of hypersensitivity?

140
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What is the most rapid type of hypersensitivity?

141
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What is type 1 hypersensitivity to do with?

142
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What is an example of type 1 hypersensitivity?

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Anaphylaxis

143
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What is type II hypersensitivity?

144
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What is an example of type II hypersensitivity?

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Acute transfusion reaction

145
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What is type III hypersensitivity?

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Inflammatory response- complement system activated

146
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What is an example of type III hypersensitivity?

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Rheumatoid arthritis

147
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What is type IV hypersensitivity?

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  • cell mediated
148
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What is an example of type IV hypersensitivity?

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Contact dermatitis

149
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Benign vs malignant neoplasia

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Benign
- encapsulated therefore growth is localised
- resembling tissue of origin
Malignant
- no capsule therefore metastasis
- many mitoses

150
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Treatment of benign neoplasia?

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Local excision

151
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Treatment of malignant neoplasia?

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  • local excision
  • radio therapy
  • chemo therapy
152
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Suffixes meaning malignancy?

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-carcinoma
-sarcoma

BDS1 BAMS pathology and immunity (12 decks)

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