Primary Immunodeficiency Flashcards

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When would you expect susceptibility to start from a person with a B cell defect?

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3-6 months after birth

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Which organisms dominate when there is a B cell defect?

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  • Streptococci
  • Staphylococci
  • Haemophilus
  • enteroviruses
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When would you expect susceptibility to start from a person with a T cell defect?

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From day 1

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Which organisms dominate when there is a T cell defect?

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Listeria, MTB, Toxo, fungi, protozoa

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What do you call a B & T cell defect?

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SCID - Severe combined immunodeficiency disease

-sick from birth

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What are some B cell function tests?

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  • serum protein electrophoresis
  • quantitation of specific Ig levels in blood
  • check titers
  • flow cytometry
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What is the problem in X linked agammaglobulinemia?

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Mutation in a signaling tyrosine receptor that is mandatory for growth and development of B cells [BLK]
-only pure B cell defect

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Where can you find B-cells in X linked agammaglobulinemia?

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  • not in serum

- not in marrow or lymphoid tissue either

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How would you treat X linked agammaglobulinemia?

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IVIG

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What is the problem in Hyper IgM syndrome?

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mutation of CD40L on T cells

-most are x-linked

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What is the treatment for Hyper IgM syndrome?

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stem cell transplant

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What is selective IgA deficiency?

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  • lacking IgA
  • IgG and IgM levels are normal and compensate
  • not associated with any specific infections
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What is a clinical problem for selective IgA deficiency?

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10% of patients may have anti-IgA antibodies which may cause anaphylactic reaction during blood transfusion or IVIG

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What is EBV X-linked agammaglobulinemia?

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  • underlying defect is a mutation in signaling regulator of CD8 cells
  • mutation activated by EBV infection of B cells
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What causes the agammaglobulinemia in EBV X-linked agammaglobulinemia?

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If patient survives the EBV, B cell depletion by cytotoxic T cells ensues

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What is wrong in Common Variable Immunodeficiency?

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-inability of B cell to differentiate to a plasma cell

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Progression of Common Variable Immunodeficiency

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  • Infancy normal, symptoms begin after 2 years old
  • Decreased IgG, IgA, and IgM first
  • Then, symptoms signifying lack of T cells
  • Then autoimmunity diseases
  • Finally, lymphoma
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Clinical Presentation of Common Variable Immunodeficiency

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  • B cells normal

- Lymph nones will have decreased germinal centers

19
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Treatment of Common Variable Immunodeficiency

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  • IVIG until T cell defects start
  • stem cell transplant
  • surveillance for lymphomas
20
Q

What is wrong in DiGeorge syndrome?

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-chromosomal deletion in chromosome 22q11.2
-structural mutations in 3rd and 4th brachial punches
Infants very sick from birth with fungal infections

  • cardiac problems tetralogy of ballot or pulmonary stenosis
  • Face abnormal
  • Absent parathyroid glands
  • CATCH 22
21
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Diagnosis of Thymic aplasia

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  • No thyme shadow on chest film

- decreased lymphoid tissue

22
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What is wrong in SCID?

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  • multiple sites of mutation: Adenosine Deficiency deficiency, IL2 R, JAK, Rag 1, 2
  • TRECs decreased or absesnt
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Treatment of SCID

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  • stem cell transplant or gene insertion

- if ADA deficiency, then enzyme replacement therapy

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What is molecularly wrong in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome?

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X-linked recessive mutation of WAS gene

-decreased IgM and inability to make antibody to polysaccharides

25
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Clinical Presentation of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

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  • Eczema
  • thrombocytopenia
  • moderate T cell deficiency
  • high incidence of autoimmunity
26
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Features of Ataxia-Telangiectasia

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  • early cerebellar dysfunction
  • oculocutaneous telangiectasia
  • recurrent infections of all kinds
  • high rate of neoplasia
  • extreme sensitivity to radiation induced DNA damage and FAULTY REPAIR
  • defective apoptosis
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What is wrong in Bare Lymphocyte syndrome?

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defects in formation and transport of MHC I and MHC II complexes to the cell membrane

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Job (hyper IgE) syndrome

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  • autosomal dominant
  • eczema, recurrent T and B cell infections
  • high IL 4 and 13 levels
  • Stat 3 mutation
29
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Chediak Higashi syndrome

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  • recessive
  • decreased intracellular protein transport
  • azurophilic granule formation affected in lymphocytes and neutrophils
  • Albinism, bleeding tendency, lymphomas
  • pyogenic infections
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Chronic Granulomatous Disease

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  • X-linked recessive
  • mutation in NADPH respiratory burst system
  • neutrophils can phagocytize but can’t kill due to insufficient H2O2
  • Infections with catalase positive organisms are frequent
  • treatment with IFN-y in some, gene transfer(?)
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Innate system pattern recognition

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  • TLR-MyD88 for pyogenic infections
  • CLR-Mannose binding lectin for bacterial/fungal infections
  • NLR (cytoplasmic pattern recognition) - NLRP3 deficiency for dysregulation of IL-1 and auto inflammatory syndromes