Pathology Flashcards
Repair for minimal necrosis and good blood supply?
Resolution
Resolution is usually the outcome for what 3 things?
Acute inflammation, erosions and abrasions
What is suppuration + when does it occur?
Pus formation + if a foreign agent is difficult to get rid of
Repair for mass necrosis and loss of scaffolding?
Fibrosis
3 things needed in fibrosis to form granulation tissue + what is organisation charatcterised by + role of fibroblasts?
Macrophages, fibroblasts and collagen + proliferation of fibroblasts + angiogenesis
Chronic inflammation cells + what they may form?
Macrophages and lymphocytes + granuloma
Granulomas are not associated with?
Autoimmune disease
Body response to increased stress growth factors?
Increased production of growth factors or increased expression of growth factor receptors
3 types of growth factor receptor?
With intrinsic tyrosine kinase, without intrinsic tyrosine kinase and GPCRs
Cell cycle is mediated by … which are mediated by … ?
CDKs and cyclins
G1 CDK, cyclin and function?
- Cyclin D activates CDK4
- CDK4 phosphorylates Rb which is normally bound to E2F
S phase CDK, cyclin and function?
Cyclin A activates CDK2 which promotes DNA replication
Where does p53 check DNA?
G1/S and G2/M checkpoints
Hyperplasia?
Increase in cell number
Hypertrophy?
Increase in cell size
Atrophy?
Reduction in cells size
Cell death can either be via?
Necrosis or apoptosis
What is necrosis + ATP requirement?
Pathological cell death and does not require ATP
3 types of necrosis and what they are?
- Coagulative (preserved cell outline)
- Liquefactive (all liquid and associated with infection)
- Caseous (cheesy necrosis associated with TB and granulomas)
What is apoptosis + ATP requirement?
Programmed cell death which requires ATP
Commonality between apoptosis and necrosis?
Both kill via caspase cascade
Extrinsic cell death pathway?
Fas binds Fas receptor on target cell and activates caspase cascade
Intrinsic cell death pathway?
Bax and Bak puncture mitochondria and release cytochrome C that stimulate caspase cascade
How does p53 cause cell death?
Increases p21 levels which inhibit CDKs
Malignancy pathway?
Hyperplasia OR metaplasia, dysplasia and malignancy
Difference between the area of spread for dysplastic and malignant cells?
Dysplastic cells remain above the basement membrane vs cancer cells which invade below
4 tumour suppressor gene examples?
BRCA, APC, p53, Rb
Double hit hypothesis?
Mutations needed on both copies of the same gene to get disease
What is HNPCC/Lynch syndrome vs FAP + what they both have in common + specific mutations?
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer vs familial adenomatous polyposis + both genetic predisposition to bowel cancer + MMR proteins vs APC tumour suppressor gene
4 oncogene examples?
MYC, RAS, HER2, B-RAF
Test for chemical carinogenic potential?
Ames’ test