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T cell mediated immunity Flashcards

1
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Which T cell is the direct effector T cell arm?

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CD8 T cells

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Which T cell is the regulatory T cell arm?

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CD4 Th cells

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Which T cell has a targeted effector function?

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Both CD8 and CD4 Th

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4
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Which T cells kill infected or diseased cells?

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CD8 cells

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Which T cells enhance innate and apaptive immunity?

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CD 4 Th cells

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What initiates T cell immunity?

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Antigen presentation

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What is the most common T cell activator?

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Dendritic Cells

*DCs must be activated

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Where does antigen presentation occur?

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In secondary lymphoid organs

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9
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Dendritic cells mature through ____________

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Antigen activation

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Immature dendritic cells in peripheral tissues encounter pathogens and are activated by what?

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PAMPs

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In dendritic cell maturation, after being activated by PAMPs, ______ signaling induces ____ and enhances processing of _________

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  1. TLR signaling
  2. CCR7
  3. Pathogen-derived antigens
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What role does CCR7 play in dendritic cell maturation?

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  • Directs migration into lymphoid tissues

- Augments expression of co-stimulatory molecules and MHC molecules

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13
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Mature dendritic cell in ______ primes ______

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  1. T-cell Zone

2. Naive T cells

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14
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Dendritic cells are targeted to lymph nodes by ______ binding _____ and ________

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  1. CCR7
  2. CCL19
  3. CCL21
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15
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Dendritic cells take up _____ in the skin and then move to enter a draining ____

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  1. Bacterial antigens

2. Lymphatic vessel

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16
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Dendritic cells bearing antigen enter the draining lymph node, where they settle in the ______

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T-cell area

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T/F Antigen presenting cells distribute differentially in lymph nodes

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True

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18
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Dendritic cells are primarily associated with what areas?

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T cell areas

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19
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Macrophages are primarily associated with what areas?

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All areas

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20
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B cells are primarily associated with which areas?

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B cell areas

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21
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Dendritic cells present antigen by ____ and ____

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  1. MHC I

2. MHC II

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22
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What is critical for CD8 T cell activation?

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Cross-presentation

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23
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Circulating naive T cells are exposed to antigens at ______

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Lymph nodes

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24
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T/F Naive T cell population stays the same through lymph nodes

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False, the naive T cell population rotates through lymph nodes

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25
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Naive T cells monitor ______ presented by __________

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  1. Antigens

2. Dendritic cells

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26
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T cells and Dendritic cells form _______

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Immune Synapses

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27
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List the steps of a formation of an immune synapse between a T cell and dendritic cell

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  1. T cell initially binds dendritic cell through low-affinity LFA-1:ICAM-1 interactions
  2. Subsequent binding of T-cell receptors sends signal to LFA-1
  3. Conformational change in LFA-1 increases affinity and prolongs cell-cell contact
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28
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What are the two different regions of the immune synapse formed by T cells and dendritic cells?

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  1. c-SMAC (inner)

2. p-SMAC (outer)

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29
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How many signals does T cell activation require?

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3

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30
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What are the three kinds of signals that APCs deliver to naive T cells?

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  1. Activation
  2. Survival
  3. Differentiation
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31
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What are the 3 specific things involved with each type of signal received by a naive T cell?

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  1. Activation: T cell receptor
  2. Survival: Co-Stimulatory molecules
  3. Differentiation: Cytokines
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32
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When signaling activation, name 3 things that are associated with the T cell receptor

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  1. Peptide recognition
  2. MHC I or II
  3. CD8 or CD4
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33
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When signaling Survival to a naive T cell, name 4 things associated with Co-stimulatory molecules

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  1. Survival signal
  2. B7 family (APC)
  3. CD28 family (T cells)
  4. *B7-CD28 required for T cell activation
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34
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When signaling differentiation to a naive T cell, name 3 things associated with cytokines

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  1. Paracrine and autocrine signaling
  2. Propagation (IL-2)
  3. Differentiation
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35
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IL-2 signals differentiation for which cells?

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  • CD8

- All Th

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36
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IL-4 signals differentiation for which cells?

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Th2

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37
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IL-6 signals differentiation for which cells?

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Tfh

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38
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IL-12 signals differentiation for which cells?

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Th1

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39
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What combination of cytokines signals differentiation for Th17?

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TGF-B + IL-16 + IL-23

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40
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What cytokine signals differentiation for Treg cells?

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TGF-B

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41
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List the different cytokines involved with signaling differentiation

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  1. IL-2
  2. IL-4
  3. IL-6
  4. IL-12
  5. TGF-B + IL-16 + IL-23
  6. TGF-B
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42
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Co-stimulation is required for ______

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Activation

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43
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What happens when you have a specific antigen and co-stimulator?

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T cell is activated and proliferates

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44
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What happens when you have the specific antigen alone?

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T cell becomes anergic

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45
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What happens when an anergic T cell comes in contace with specific antigen and co-stimulator?

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T cells stays anergic

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46
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T/F B7 is only expressed on APCs that have been activated

47
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Naive T cell TCR activation in the absence of co-stimulation leads to _______

48
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Activation induces what T cell changes?

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  1. Differentiation
  2. Clonal expansion
  3. Changes in surface protein expression
  4. Migration to target tissues
  5. Effector functions
49
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CD8 T cells differentiate into what?

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  • Effector cells

- Memory cells

50
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CD4 T cells differentiate into what?

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  1. Th1, Th2, Th17, Tfh, Treg
  2. Effector cells
  3. Memory cells
51
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What tissues will T cells migrate to?

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  • Lymph nodes

- Sites of infection or damage

52
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IL-2 drives _____

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Clonal expansion

*for all T cell lineages

53
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Resting T cells express only a ______ IL-2 receptor

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Moderate affinity

*IL-2R Beta and gamma chains only

54
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Activated T cells express a ________ IL-2 receptor and secrete _______

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  1. High-affinity
  2. IL-2

*IL-2 R Alpha, Beta, and Gamma chains

55
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Binding of IL-2 to its receptor signals the cell to _______

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Enter the cell cycle

56
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IL-2 induces ________

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T-cell proliferation

57
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What type of signaling is prevalent in T cell proliferation and clonal expansion involving IL-2?

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Autocrine signaling

58
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What inhibits T cell activation and proliferation?

59
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What does CTLA-4 stand for?

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Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4

60
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T/F CTLA-4 binds B7 with less avidity than does CD28

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FALSE, It binds more avidly and delivers inhibitory signals to activated T cells

61
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T/F T cells Die after effector functions are performed

62
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CLTA-4 is expressed on which type of T cells activated or resting?

63
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B7 binds CTLA-4 how much stronger than it will bind CD28?

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Twenty fold

64
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CTLA-4 binding an APC after activation leads to what?

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T cell inhibition

65
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You could say that CD8 T cells are selective serial killers T/F

66
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Do CD8 T cells die once effector functions are complete?

67
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CD8 T cells only kill cells expressing what?

A

Targeted peptide via MHC I

68
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CD8 T cells differentiate into _____ and _______ cells

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  1. Effector

2. Memory

69
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T/F CD8 T cells kill repeatedly

70
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How many ways are there to activate Naive CD8 T cells?

71
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What are the two ways to activating a Naive CD8 T cell?

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  1. Dendritic cells infected with some types of virus can activate a naive virus-specific T cell on their own
  2. Dendritic cells infected with some viruses need help to activate a naive virus-specific CD8 T cell
72
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What are the steps for activating naive CD8 cells via dendritic cells that can activate T cell on their own?

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  1. Dendritic cell sends a sufficiently strong signal to activate the CD8 T cell to effector status
  2. Activated Virus-specific CD8 T cell makes IL-2, driving its own proliferation and differentiation
73
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What are the steps for activating a naive CD8 T cell by dendritic cells that need help?

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  1. Dendritic cell activates virus-specific CD4 T cell to secrete Il-2 and virus-specific CD8 T cell to express IL-2 receptors
  2. IL-2 from the CD4 T cell drives the proliferation and differentiation of the virus-specific CD8 T cell
74
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CD8 T cells kill repeatedly, but also _______

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specifically

75
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T/F CD8 T cells require a secondary signal to kill

76
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Protein granules of Cytotoxic T cells contain what 3 things?

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  1. Perforin
  2. Granzymes
  3. Granulysis
77
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What do perforins do?

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Aids in delivering contents of granules into the cytoplasm of target cell

78
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What do granzymes do?

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They are serine proteases, which activate apoptosis once in the cytoplasm of the target cell

79
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What does granulysis do?

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Has antimicrobial actions and can induce apoptosis

80
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What type of apoptosis can be induced via CD8 T cells?

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Caspase-mediated apoptosis

81
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CD8 T cells kill through ______ and _______

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  1. Perforin

2. Granzymes

82
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CD4 differentiation involves what 3 things?

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  1. Cytokine Induction
  2. Transcription factor
  3. Effector cytokines
83
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Th1 cells are involved in which type of adaptive immunity?

84
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Th2 cells are involved in which type of adaptive immunity?

85
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What induces CD4 T cell subtype differentiation?

86
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Differentiation is a response to _______

A

Pathogen exposure

87
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T/F Each T cell has unique effector cytokines

88
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Cytokines that induce CD4 differentiation come from what two sources?

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  1. APC itself

2. Immediate environment

89
Q

Th1 activate ________

A

Macrophages

90
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What do Activated macrophages do?

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  1. Express co-signaling ligands
  2. Kill intracellular pathogens
  3. Release cytokines and antimicrobial effectors
  4. Present antigen
91
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When pathogens cannot be cleared, what do T cells do?

A

Form Granulomas

92
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Define Granuloma

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A compact aggregate of leukocytes that sequester a pathogen

93
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T/F Pyogenic granulomas are not true granulomas

94
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Th1 cytokines enhance Induced innate response T/F

95
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Th2 cells promote __________

A

Tissue protection and repair

96
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What type of cell responds to prolonged extracellular infection?

97
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What effect do Th2 cells have on Mast cells and eosinophils?

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Recruitment and activation

98
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T/F Th2 cells release cytokines

99
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T/F Th2 cells do not activate B cells, that’s a Th1 thing

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False, they activate a different class than Th1

100
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Granulomas are present in a state of ________

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Chronic inflammation

101
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T/F Both infectious and non-infectious agents are contained within Granulomas

102
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How many types of granulomas are their?

103
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What do Tfh cells do?

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Activate B cells and induce class switching

104
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What are the preliminary steps of B cell activation by Tfh cells?

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  1. The Tfh cell recognizes a peptide derived from the B cell’s antigen
  2. Naive B cell and Tfh cell exchange signals that begin the process of B-cell activation
105
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Treg cells _______ other T cells

106
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T reg cells prevent ___________ in the lymph node

A

T cell activation

107
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Treg cells stop _________ and prevents _______

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  1. Adaptive immune response

2. Autoimmunity

108
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What is required in order for a Treg to suppress an autoreactive T cell?

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It requires them to interact with the same APC

109
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Th17 and Treg cells regulate ________

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Mucosal inflammation

110
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What cell inhibits mucosal inflammation?

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Treg cells

111
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Th17 and Treg cells are _______ in the gut

112
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What 3 things do Th17 cells do to regulate mucosal inflammation?

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  1. Neutrophil recruitment
  2. Antimicrobial peptide production
  3. Tissue repair
113
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Persistent Th17 involvement is present in some autoimmune conditions. Give 4 examples of such conditions

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  1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  2. Multiple Sclerosis
  3. Psoriasis
  4. Inflammatory bowl disease

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