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Passive Immunotherapy Flashcards

1
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_____ results from transfer of pre-formed immune components from one person to another

A

Passive Immunotherapy

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Passive Immunotherapy is easy to accomplish with ___ but hard to accomplish with ___

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antibodies; immune cells

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True or False: In passive immunotherapy, the recipient must undergo synthesis/metabolism to acquire protection

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False

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Three examples of passive immunotherapy?

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1) Toxin neutralization (TIG)
2) Prevent disease following exposure to a carrier (Rabies IgG)
3) Suppress or augment immune response

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True or False: Immune globulin can be used to treat autoimmune diseases

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True

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Within immune globulins, there is a _____ fraction which contains all antibody reactivity. Due to this, it is termed the immune globulin.

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Gamma globulin

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_____ antibody results from immunization or recovery from infection

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Polyclonal

aka: polyclonal activation of B cells (plasma cells)

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What type of Ig is derived from MULTIPLE B cells and, therefore, represents an antibody against multiple epitopes?

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Polyclonal Ig

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9
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Sources of polyclonal antibody preps?

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Sera, placentae

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True or False: Monoclonal antibody preps are usually lypophilized and reconstituted. Therefore, they are quite stable.

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False - this is the case with polyclonal antibodies

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How can you increase IgG concentrates 25 fold in polyclonal antibody preps?

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Ethanol precipitation or concentrated ammonium sulfate

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______ is a type of of immune globulin that is taken from more than 1,000 donors

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Human Immune Globulin

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What Ig is mostly found in Human Immune Globulin?

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IgG

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True or False: Human Immune Globulin is largely unstable but provides high level of Ab

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False - it is stable and has high level of Ab

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Three different preparations for Human Immune Globulin?

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IMIG
SCIG
IVIG

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True or False: A patient with Guillian-Barre, M. gravis, or Kawasaki —inflammatory/autoimmune processes— will benefit from monoclonal antibodies

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False - they will benefit from human immune globulin

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What are the two primary uses for human immune globulin?

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1) Protect from infection
2) Suppressed inflammatory or autoimmune function

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A person who is immunocompromised develops measles. What post-exposure prophylactic can be used?

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Human Immune Globulin

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Patient presents to clinic with hypogammaglobulinemia. What type of immune globulin can be given?

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Human Immune Globulin
- note: this can also be used as prophylaxis

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In contract to Human Immune Globulin, ______(SHIG) is an antibody preparation in which donors are screened for higher titer of antibody against certain antigen/pathogen

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Specific human immune globulin (SHIG)

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Both specific human immune globulin and human immune globulin, antibody preparations, are screened.

In the prior, however, they are screened for _____ while the latter are screened for _____

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human immune globulin = bloodborne pathogens or antibodies

specific human immune globulin = high titer of Ab against antigen/pathogen

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Examples of specific human immune globulin?

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1) HBIG
2) HTIG
3) HRIG
4) DIG
5) VariZIG
6) RhoGAM
7) COVID-19 convalescent plasma

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For polyclonal antibodies, anti-sera usually comes from _____, such as a horse

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heterologous species

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True or False: Scorpian, spider, and snake anti-venom are examples of MAB

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False - they are a type of polyclonal antibody preparation

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25
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Contraindication for polyclonal antibody preps?

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IgA deficiency
- risk of anaphylaxis

26
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Monoclonal preparations are derived from a ______ population and has binding specificity for a ____ epitope

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clonal (arising from single parental B cell); single

27
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If an antibody binds a single epitope and multiple copies are found on virus surface, what type of preparation do you have: polyclonal or monoclonal?

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Monoclonal

28
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True or False: Polyclonal antibodies are derived from many B cells, work against many epitopes, and have different binding specificity

29
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Side effect of anti-venoms (an example of polyclonal antibody preparation)?

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Serum sickness

30
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Which type of polyclonal antibody preparation provides the broadest immunity

A

Human Immune Globulin

31
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For monoclonal antibodies ___ and ____ cells were combined to make hybridoma

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myeloma and rat splenic cells

32
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What two features do hybridomas exhibit?

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1) Immortal
2) Makes a single, specific, antibody

33
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Why did myeloma cells need to be fused to rat splenic cells to develop MAB?

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Myleoma cells lack HGPRT - therefore: cannot grow in HAT medium unless fused

34
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Making MAB involves identifying fused cells and clones that make __________

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specific antibody to antigen

35
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Two disadvantages of MAB?

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1) Pricey
2) Usually from heterologous host

36
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How can MAB that come from heterologous host (mouse or other rodent) overcome foreignness?

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-Recombinant DNA technology
-Mouse:human chimeras
-Antibody libraries
-Transgenic mice

37
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Three types of mouse hybridomas?

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1) Mouse
2) Chimeric
3) Humanize

38
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Advantages of MAB?

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1) no lot to lot variation in concentration
2) 100% of injected/infused protein is antibody SPECIFIC for target antigen

39
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New bispecific MAB can bind ___ different antigens

40
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Functions of MAB?

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1) Prophylaxis - ID/disease in general
2) Targets tumors
3) Detects and treats cancers
4) Prevents allograft rejection
5) Treat auto-imm disease and hypersensitivty
6) Inhibit leukocyte migration
7) Neutralize cytokines

41
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Palivizumab is a MAB used for ____ prophylaxis.

Target?

A

RSV
- Target: anti-RSF F protein
- MOA: prevents virus from fusing into the target

42
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True or False: REGEN-COV is a MAB that binds to spike protein in order to block it

A

False - neutralizes it

43
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Trastuzumab is a MAB used to _______

Target?

A

target tumors

anti-ErbB-2 (epidermal growth factor receptor)

44
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What two unique mechanisms does trastuzumab use to target tumors?

A

1) Targets immune system and depletes targeted cells via:
- ADCC
- opsonization
-complement activation

2) Uses non-depleting MoAb (receptor blocker)
- blocks target cell from proliferating by blocking the GF-R

45
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Ibritumomab tiuxetan is a MAB used for ______

Target?

A

cancer detection and treatment

target = CD20 (B cell marker)

46
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How does Ibritumomab tiuxetan target small tumors and metastases?

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1) MoAb-toxin
2) MoAb-radioisotope conjugates

47
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____ is a chimeric MAB that targets ____ on B cells for ADCC and classical pathway of complement cascade

A

Rituximab; CD20

48
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Which MAB is best for depleting B cells, which cause lymphoproliferative disorders and auto-immune diseases like RA?

49
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True or False: Muromonab-CD3 is a MAB that can be used to prevent allograft rejection and treat T1DM (autoimmune disease)

50
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Target for Muromonab-CD3?

51
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Compare and contrast the way that Muromonab-CD3 prevents allograft rejection and treats T1DM

A

In both cases, muromonab-CD3 targets Anti-CD3

To treat allograft rejection, uses a RECEPTOR BLOCKADE only!!!

To treat T1DM, uses both a RECEPTOR BLOCKADE + REDUCES T CELL NUMBER

52
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True or False: Muromonab-CD3 and Ibritumomab tiuxetan are murine antibodies

53
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Omalizumab is good for hypersensitivity treatments, such as ____ and ____
Target?

A

allergies and allergic asthma
Target: Anti IgE

54
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Omalizumab binds to the ___ portion of human IgE and prevents it from binding to Fc-R

A

Fc portion

55
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_____ is a humanized monoclonal antibody against the cell adhesion molecule alpha4-integrin

A

Natalizumab

56
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True or False: Omalizumab can be used to inhibit leukocyte migration

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False - Natalizumab can be used to inhibit leukocyte migration

57
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Natalizumab is used to treat what two conditions?

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1) MS
2) Crohn’s

58
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Which MAB neutralizes cytokines?
Target?

A

Daclizumab
- IL-2R

59
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True or False: Daclizumab can be used to prevent RENAL allograft rejection

60
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How does Daclizumab work?

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Blocks access of IL-2 to its receptor, preventing activation

61
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Two general mechanisms by which MAB work?

A

1) Deplete target cells via:
- complement
- opsonization
- ADCCC

2) non-depleting MoAB (receptor blocker without effects on cells)

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