T cell development 1 Flashcards

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Where is the B cell repertoire generated?

A

Bone marrow

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2
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Where do T cells develop?

A

The thymus

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3
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What do T and B cells differentiate from?

A

Hematopoietic stem cell precursors

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4
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What kind of lymphoid organs are the thymus and bone marrow?

A

Primary

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5
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Where do t cells migrate to after the thymus?

A

Lymph nodes

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6
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Where to t cells get activated against a specific antigen?

A

Lymph nodes

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7
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Difference between how intracellular vs extracellular pathogens are dealt with?

A

Intracellular–> cell is forced to undergo aopotiss by cytotoxic t cells
Extracellular–> antibodies

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What do the developing t cells make contact with while in the thymus?

A

cortical epithelial cells

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9
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What are thymocytes?

A

Developing T cells

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10
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What do cortical epithelial cells do to thymocytes in the thymus?

A

Guide their development

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11
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What is the movement of t cells like during their development in the thymus?

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They move throughout the lobule and move towards the medullary area of the thymus

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12
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What are macrophages there to do in the thymus?

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Mop up dead cells

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13
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What are hassall’s corpuscle thought to be?

A

Regions of massive cell death-> where macrophages and dead cells accumulate

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14
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What is involution of the thymus?

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Loss of thymic tissue over time

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15
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What is the lost thymic tissue replaced by?

A

Fatty tissue

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16
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When is the naive t cell population generated?

A

When a person is young

17
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What is Di Georde syndrome?

A

Thymus fails to develop

18
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Which two main components make up a TCR?

A

Alpha and Beta chains

19
Q

What drives recombination in TCR genes?

A

RAG complexes

20
Q

WHich bit of the beta chain codes for CDR3?

A

The VDJ junction

21
Q

Where is the beta chain locus?

A

Chromosome 7

22
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Where is the alpha chain locus?

A

chromosome 14

23
Q

Different recombination in alpha and beta chains of TCRs?

A

Alpha = VJ recombination
Beta = VDJ recombination

24
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What are the two classes of TCRs?

A

Alpha beta, and gamma delta

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What are the %s of alpha beta t cells VS gamma delta t cells?
Alpha beta = 95%, gamma delta = 5%
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Where is the gene locus for the delta subunit?
Within the alpha chain locus
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Where is the gamma chain locus?
Chromosome 7
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What does the uncommitted progenitor cell have on it when it arrives at the thymus?
Stem cell markers--> CD34 and CD44
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What are CD34 and CD44?
Adhesion molecules
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What happens when uncommitted progenitor cells enter the thymus?
They lose the stem cell markers and begin to express other adhesion molecules and signaling molecules
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When do uncommitted progenitor cells commit to becoming t cells?
When they lose their stem cell markers and begin to express other adhesion molecules When they start to rearrange their TCR genes
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