Renal Immunity Flashcards
What is a major Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) cause?
Sterile inflammation
An AKI can lead to renal failure. Renal failure is abrupt ____ in kidney function
Decrease
When a normal cell dies by injury, what does it release?
DAMPs
- Damage - Associated Molecular Patterns
DAMPs are usually released due to?
ECM degradation
What 2 things can bind DAMPs released from dying cells?
- C-reactive protein
2. Toll-like receptors
When C-reactive protein binds DAMPs, what does that activate?
Classical complement pathway
When Toll-like receptors bind DAMPs, what does that cause?
Renal inflammation
_____ activate immune mechanism of an AKI
DAMPs
Once the complement pathway is activated, what chemoattractants are generated?
C3a and C5a
What do C3a and C5a induce?
- Leukocyte filtration
2. Membrane Attack Complex activation
C3a and C5a cause leukocyte filtration and MAC activation. What leukocytes infiltrate?
Neutrophils
Monocytes
What do Neutrophils release to cause tissue damage?
Proteases and Free radicals
What do Monocytes differentiate into?
M1 Macrophages
With an Early AKI, what inflammatory mediators dominate?
Th17 and Th1
With a Late AKI, what inflammatory mediator dominates?
Th1
What does Th17 secrete?
IL-17 (pro-inflammation)
IL-17 induces expression of what chemokine?
CCL20
What cells does IL-17 then keep recruiting?
Neutrophils
Monocytes
Th17
Th1
What does Th1 secrete?
IFN - gamma
IFN - gamma secreted by Th1 cells activates?
M1 macrophages
What do M1 macrophages release to cause more inflammation?
IL-6 and TNF-alpha