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Rheumatoid Arthritis Flashcards

1
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How many cells thick is the synovium

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1-3 cells

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2
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3 cell types that make up the synovium

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Synoviocytes
Type A bone marrow derived macrophages
Type B fibroblast like connective tissue

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3
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What is synovial fluid

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An ultrafiltrate of blood with added hyaluronic acid

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4
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What is the subintima

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Contains the dense network of fenestrated capillaries and loose areolar connective tissue

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5
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What shape are synoviocytes/ intimal cells

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Cuboidal

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6
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Is the subintima highly vascular

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Yes

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7
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Name 3 mechanisms/ structures than ensure the proper production of synovial fluid

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  • Fenestrated capillaries
  • Loose areolar connective tissue ensuring plasma can move through subintima
  • No basement membrane between subintima and synoviocytes allow plasma to flow through joint cavity
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8
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What are the consequences of synovial fluid being able to flow in and out the joint cavity easily

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More easily damaged

Reduced immune surveillance

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9
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What does it mean if synovial fluid is colourless to pale yellow

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Normal/ no pathology

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10
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What does it mean if synovial fluid is red/ brown

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Haemorrhage into joint

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11
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What does it mean if synovial fluid is yellow and cloudly

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Inflammation

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12
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What does it mean if synovial fluid is white/ creamy and cloudy/shiny

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Crystals

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What does it mean if synovial fluid is colourless to yellow and purulent

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Bacterial infection

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14
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What is the ph of synovial fluid

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7.38

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15
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What proteins are found in synovial fluid

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Albumin (60%) and globulin (40)

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16
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Name the molecules found in synovial fluid

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WBC
Hyaluronate
Glucose
Protein
Ions, lactate
Lubricin
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17
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Where is synovial fluid found

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Occupies free space between articulating surfaces

Seeps into articular cartilages- weeping lubrication

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18
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What is the function of the synovial fluid in the articular cartilages

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Reduces friction
Forms reserve volume
Nourishes articular cartilage

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19
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How does synovial fluid appear at rest

20
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What molecules enable synovial fluid to gel

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Lubricin and hyaluronan

21
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3 pathological aspects of rheymatoid athritis

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Proliferation of synoviocytes
Infiltration of inflammatory cells
Proliferation of fibroblasts in subintima causing thickening

22
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What inflammatory cells infilitrate in RA and where

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Neutrophils infilitrate the synovial fluid

Lymphocytes infilitrate subintima

23
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What T cells and thought to be involved in RA and hoq

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Th17 cells

Orchestrate synovitis and damage through interactions with dendritic cells, macrophages and B cells

24
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What evidence is there for B cell involvement in RA

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B cell antibody therapy appears succesful

25
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Which normal cells are involved in joint damage and hows

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Synovial fibroblasts

Through secretion of matrix metalloproteinases and cathepsins

26
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Why are synovial joints more susceptible to inflammatory injury

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Rich network fenerstrated capillaries

Limited ways it can respond

27
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How does a RA appear different to a healthy joint

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Thick and fibrotic subintima

Lymphocytes and B cells form aggregates

28
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What is pannus

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Synovial membrane which is growing and proliferatin

Grows in articular cartilage and underlying bone

29
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What bone is the main site of erosion and attack

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Subchondral bone

30
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How are lymphoid nodules formed

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CD4 T cells collect around smaller blood vessels, forming lymphoid nodules

31
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How is pannus destructive

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Secretes cytokines and other signalling molecules

32
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What are ACPAs

A

Anti-citrullinayed protein antibodies

Stimulate osteoclast differentiation leading to initial bone loss

33
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What are the consequences of the synovitis at the beginning of the disease

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Leads to production of cytokines which stimulates osteoclast proliferation and differentiation

34
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What is the involvement of the RANKL system in RA

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Inducing expression of RANLK to enhance bone erosion by more osteoclast differentiation

35
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How is established RA characterised

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Large bone erosions filled with inflammed, synovially derived pannus tissue

36
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What is the most direct hallmark of RA

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CD4+ T cell infiltration

37
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What is secreted by Th17

38
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Describe the action of IL-17 in terms of RA

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  • Induces RANKL on synovial fibroblasts
  • Stimulates local inflammation
  • Activates synovial macrophages to secrete proinflam cytokines
39
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Name some pro-inflammatory cytokines released by synovial macrophages

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TNF
IL-1
IL-6

40
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What is Dkk-1 expression induced by, and cells cells express it

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Cytokines

Expressed by synovial fibroblasts

41
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What does dkk-1 do

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  • Inhibits osteoblast differentation

- Induces expression of another anti-anaboic molecule (scleostin) by osteocytes

42
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What cells are seen most in synovial fluid at early disease stage

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Neutrophils

43
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What do neutrophils do inside the synovial fluid

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Mount a respiratory burst producing superoxide anion radical

More free radical damage

44
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Is synovial fluid more or less viscous in RA? Why

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  • Less

- Shorter hyaluronic acid strands

45
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Is synovial volume increased or decreased in RA

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  • Increased

- Leakier vessels from release of cytokines

46
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Summarise the 4 steps of RA pathogenesis

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1) Activated synovial fibroblasts stimulate osteoclasts and produce MMP
2) B cells mature to plasma cells, producing auto-antibodies
3) T cells produce pro-inflammatory cytokines
4) Macrophages produce pro-inflammatory cytokines

47
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What auto-antibodies are produced in RA

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  • Rheumatoid factors and anti-citrullinated ab

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