Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Flashcards
SLE stands for
systemic lupus erythematsus
SLE mainly by what HSR
III
not a diagnostic autoantibody for
rheumatic diseases
SLE is most common
autoimmune rheumatic disease
why is complement pathway involved in SLE
they are involved in removing immune complexes
what is enviornmental trigger of SLE
UV light
deposition of immune complexes where in SLE
glomeruli & blood vessels
deposition of blood vessels in immune complexes are what give rise to
the rash (well known)
hemorrhaging of small blood vessels in skin give rise to what rash in SLE
butterfly/malar
what does SLE affect
everywehre - could eventually lead to organ failure and even death
symptoms of SLE
arthirtis, skin rashes (butterfly rash), pleurisy, kidney dysfunction, fever, weakness, anemia, thrombocytopenia, memory loss, headaches, confusion, seizures
treatment of SLE
immunosuppressive drugs, but SLE is a relapsing and remitting disease, so treatment is variable
what are triggers of SLE
UV
cigarette smoke
how can you diagnose SLE
ANA - antinuclear antibody (but most rheumatic diseases have this)
anti-SnRNP or smith antigen
ANA stand for
anti-nuclear antibody
most individuals with rheumatic disease will have
ANA
Rheumatoid Arthritis is chronic, episodic
joint inflammation
Rheumatoid Arthritis is due to what HSR
III and IV
what cells are responsible for inflammation in jionts in Rheumatoid Arthritis
neutrophils
what are the autoreactive cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis
CD4+ Th1 cells & Th17 cells
key cytokine in Rheumatoid Arthritis
TNF alpha
key cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis
IL-1
TNF alpha
prostaglandins
leukotrienes
Th17 cells will activate what that will be responsible for remodeling of bone in chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis
osteoclastst
what autoantibody is in Rheumatoid Arthritis
rheumatoid factor
rheumatoid factor is what isotype
IgM
rheumatoid factor not good for diagnosis b/c
only 70% pts with Rheumatoid Arthritis have it
detection of rheumatoid factor is useful in Rheumatoid Arthritis b/c it can be useful in
predicting outcome/prognosis of disease
pts who have rheumatoid factor in serum with Rheumatoid Arthritis tend to have (RF+)
more aggressive disease
test to detect RF is based on
agglutination
describe test to detect RF
latex particles that chemically coated with IgG
add pts serum
if pt has RF in serum it will bind to IgG and nbe very good at agglutination b/c IgM has 10 binding sites
so if pt does have RF in serum will see agglutination of serum
what is target antigen of RF
IgG
RF stands for
rheumatoid factor
test to detect RF and autoantibodies against any given autoantigen relies on activation of
complement
complement fixation test does what
detects if pt has antibody for particular antigen
fixation is old term for
ACTIVATION OF COMPLEMENT
describe complement fixation test
mix Ag with serum
add complement, a fixed amount
if antibody has bound to antigen complement will be activated
once complement is activated, will use up the fixed amount
to determine if complement is used up add indicator cells (RBC coated with antibody)
if antibody has not bound to the antigen the complement will not be used up and will be available to activation by cells that are coated with antibody (RBC) so in other words if in original tube there is not antibody specific for antigen, the complmeent is available for the RBC and will get lysis of RBC
if it is positive test and individual has antibody against antigen, the complement will b used up and no complement available to be activated on indicator cells (RBC) so no lysis of RBC
amount of erythrocyte lysis tell you if you have antibody specific for antigen
the important thing about the complement fixation test is that you add
limited amount of complement
negative result in complement fixation test, what is result
lysis of RBC
positive result of complement fixation test
no lysis of RBC, fixation of RBC
initiating factor of Rheumatoid Arthritis
don’t know :(
might be multiple things, different for different ppl
Rheumatoid Arthritis results in infltration f
Th1 and Th17 into joint
Th1 and Th17 activate what in Rheumatoid Arthritis
macrophages, fibroblasts, osteoclasts