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T-Cell Mediated Immunity -- Regulation and Termination Flashcards

1
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How do antigens get to the lymphatics?

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Dendritic cells take up bacterial antigens in the skin and move to lymphatic vessels.
DCs with antigen enter the noce and settle in T-cell areas.

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Following exposure to antigen, dendritic cells will transition from…

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phagocytic to antigen presenting.

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3
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How are endocytosed bacteria typically presented?

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MHC Class II

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How can viral antigens spread from one dendritic cell to another?

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Vesicle Fusion

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How do antigens that cross present viruses after phagocytic uptake get presented?

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MHC Class I

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How do antigens get to Ts from skin infection?

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Dendritics pick up, undergo maturation, and migrate to periph. LN

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How do antigens get to Ts from the blood?

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They get trapped by DCs in the spleen

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8
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How do antigens get from the mucosal tissues to the Ts?

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Collected in tonsils, peyer’s patch, appendix, mesenteric LN

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9
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How do native T cells get into LNs

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High Endothelial Venules or Upstream LNs

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10
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What lets Naive Ts hold onto HEVs?

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L-selectin

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11
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What happens to naive T cells who enter a node and don’t match anything on?

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They hit the efferent lymphatic vessel and move on

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12
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Four steps in T cell homing process?

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Rolling
Chemokine
Firm Adhesion
Diapedesis/Extravasation

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13
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What bonding occurs in the rolling stage?

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L-Selectin (tcell) binds onto host Gly-CAM-1 and CD-34

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14
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What boding occurs in the chemokine phase?

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CCR7 + SLC/ELC

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15
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What bonding is important in the firm adhesion stage?

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LFA-1 binds onto integrins (es. ICAM-1)

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16
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CD4 T cell LFA-1 binds…

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ICAM1/2

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17
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CD4 T cell CD2 binds…

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LFA-3

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18
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CD4 T cell CD4 binds…

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MHCII

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19
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CD4 T cell TCR/CD3 binds…

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MHCII/Peptide

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20
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CD4 T cell CD28 is required for…

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B7-1/B7-2

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21
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TCR/CD3:MHCI binding activates….

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T Cell through PIP/DAG/IP3

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22
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Value of integrins?

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TCR/MHC requires its stability

Both directly and indirectly enhances T Cell Reaction

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23
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Which integrins are on the T cell?

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ICAM-3, CD2

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24
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Relationship of TCR/MHC and LFA-1 bond?

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  1. Weak bond btw T’s LFA and DC ICAM-1
  2. Stabilizes TCR MHC bond
  3. Bonding signals LFA-1 conformational change that increases affinity and prolongs contact.
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25
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Most important co-receptor bond?

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T cell CD 28 must bind to DC B7

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26
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B7 can bind to what two molecules (with what purpose)

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CD28 (Initiation)

CTLA4 (Termination)

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27
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Who expresses CTLA4?

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Activated Ts

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28
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Three cytokines important for DC maturation.

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TNF-alpha
IL6
IFN-gamma

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29
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What happens when TCR activation happens without CD28?

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Anergy

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30
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Can cells return from anergy?

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No

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31
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Who expresses B7?

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Only Pro Antigen Presenting cells

DCs, B Cells, Macrophages

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32
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Which cells are most important for turning Ts on?

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DCs

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33
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How are antigens picked up by the three types of APCs?

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DCs - Macropino+Phago
Macro - Phago
B Cells - Ig Receptor

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34
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Other than LNs, where can the APCs be found?

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DC - Connective Tissue + Epithelium
Macro - Connective Tissue+ Body Cavities
B Cells – Peripheral Blood

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35
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DCs are good at presenting…

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Bacterial and Viral Antigens

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36
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Macrophages are good at presenting….

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Extracellular Bacteria

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37
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B cells are good at presenting…

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Soluble Antigen

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38
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What induces dendritic cell maturation?

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Bacterial products such as LPS, Cell Wall, and Cytos like TNF-alpha

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39
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Can mature DCs act as phagocytes?

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No.

40
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TCR associated steps in T cell activation.

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Binding of MHC to TCR
Stabilize by CD4 binding to MHC
LCK Ps ITAM
ZAP70 binds P'd ITAMS
ZAP 70 P'd by Lck
41
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Describe the intracellular events of T cell activation.

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ZAP70 activated phospholipase gamma (PLC-gamma)
PLC cleave PIP2 to DAG and IP3
DAG and IP3 promote NFkB, NFAT, and AP-1 expression
Cell division and differentiation

42
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What does DAG do in T cell activation?

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Activates PK-C -> Activated NfkB

Activates RasGRP -> Turns on MAP kinase cascade that activates Fos, and in turn AP-1

43
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What does IP3 do in T cell activation?

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Increases intracellular Ca
High Ca activates Calcineurin
Calcineurin turns on NFAT

44
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T cell activation promotes production of what cytokine?

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IL-2

45
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How do cyclosporin A and FK506 suppress immune response?

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Blocking NFAT activation, an thus Il-2 production.

46
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What does Il-2 do?

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Inc. T cell prolif.
B cell prolif
NK prolif

47
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How do integrins change in activated Ts?

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VLA4 shows up to bind VCAM 1 (CD49d-C29)

48
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Naive or activated: Who displays L selectin?

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Naive

49
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Naive or activated: Who displays VLA-4?

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Activated

50
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Naive or activated: Who displays CD45RA?

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Naive

51
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Naive or activated: Who displays CD45RO?

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Activated

52
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Cytokines produced by TH1?

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IFN-g, IL-2

53
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What do TH1 cells promote?

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Cell Mediated Immunity

54
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Cytokines produced by TH2?

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IL-4, 5,

also IL-2, 3, 9, 13

55
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What do TH2 cells promote?

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Humoral Immunity

56
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What do TH17 cells promote?

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Inflammation in multiple tissues

57
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What cytokines do TH17 cells produce?

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IL-17, 22

58
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Who promotes TH1 polarization?

Inhibits it?

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IL-12, IFN-g

IL-4, 10

59
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Who polarizes TH2 cells? Inhibits?

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IL4

IFN-g

60
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Who polarizes TH17?

Inhibits?

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IL-1, 6, 23

IL-4, IFN-g

61
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What cell type promotes IgE?

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TH2

62
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Prevalent marker for Treg, Th1, and Th2

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Treg – FoxP3
Th1 – T-bet
Th2 – GATA-3

63
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Tregs suppress _____ via _____

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TH1/TH2

TGF-b and IL-10

64
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Who makes the Il4 to induce TH2?

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Mast Cells

65
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Who makes the IL-1 to induce TH1

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APC

66
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Cytotoxins used by CD8

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Perforin
Granzymes
Granulysin

67
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What are T-follicular helper cells

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T’s specialized in Helping B Cells

Stay in LN producing IL-21

68
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What do Th17 cells do?

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Enhance neutrophil response to fungal and extracellular bacteria

69
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What do IFN-g and CD40s do?

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Activate mac

70
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What do TNF-a and LT from TH1 do?

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Activate endothelium to induce mac adhesion and exit from vessel

71
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Two cell types that release CXCL2 to cause macro. acc.

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TH1 and Th17

72
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Five functions of the cell mediated immune response?

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  1. control intracellular pathogens/tumor
  2. Mediate transplant rejection
  3. Mediate type 4 sens.
  4. Granuloma Formation
  5. Chronic Inflammation
73
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Four macrophages surface markers

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C3b receptor
LFA-1
Fc Receptor
MHC II

74
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TH1 Cell: Who activates?
What do they make?
What do they do?

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DC Il-12
Produce IFN-g
Activate CD8, NK, and Macro

75
Q

How do CD8 T cells kill bad guys? (4)

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TNF-b
perforin
Granzymes
FAS

76
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What turns NKs on?

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IL-2, 12, IFN-g

77
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Macrophages produce what cytokines?

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IL-2, 10, 1, 6, TNFa, IFNa

78
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What turns CD8 Ts on?

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IL-2, 12, IFN-g

79
Q

When do CD8 T cells need CD28? When don’t they?

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Need CD28 to become effector cells

Don’t need CD28 to kill target cells, just MHC1

80
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TCR activation causes what structural change in CD8?

A

Polarization to target lytic granules

81
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Explain two ways in which CD8 activation may occur? What is the key cytokine in this interaction?

A

Strong enough bonding to DC can activate
Bonding of CD4 and 8
IL-2 drives T differentiation and proliferation

82
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What do inflamed endothelial cells express to recruit effectors?

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P- and E- selectins

83
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What assay is used to assess cell killing activity of CD8 T cells

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51Cr Release Assay

84
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Cell type that turns up Macrophage microbicidal-ness

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TH1

85
Q

What is a granuloma?

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Aggregated infected epithelioid macrophages frequently seen in infection and inflammation

86
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Purpose of granuloma formation?

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Defense mechanism to limit spread of pathogens/foreign substances

87
Q

Common granuloma former?

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Tuberculosis

88
Q

Four activities promoted by IFN-g

A

Macrophage Activation
Isotype switching to complement-fixers
Th1 Development
Increased MHC Antigen Presentation

89
Q

Role’s of TH2’s –
IL4?
IL5?
IL-4/10?

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IL4-Induce IgE + neutralizing G
IL-5 - Induce Eosinphil
4/10 - Suppress Macro

90
Q

Two types of leprosy?

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Tuberculoid and Lepromatous

91
Q

Difference between tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy?

A

Tub turns on TH1s
Lep turns on TH2

Since 2s don’t turn on macrophages, fatality

92
Q

Other name for Tregs?

A

FoxP3+

93
Q

Tregs express what four things?

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FoxP3, CD4, CD25, CTLA4

94
Q

What happens if you don’t have Tregs?

A

Autoimmune Diseases in Multiple Organs

95
Q

TH17 -
What induces? Inhibits?
What do they Produce?
Why?

A

Induce – 1, 6, 23
Inhibit – 2, 4, IFN-g
Produce – IL17, 22
Impt. for fighting bac and esp. fungal infections

96
Q

How does stress modulate the immune system?

A

Acts as an immunosuppressant via testosterone/estradiol/progesterone and cortisol

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