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T cells Flashcards

1
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T cell precursors travel from the bone marrow to develop here

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Thymus

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Immature thymocytes move from the bone marrow to this part of the thymus

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Cortex

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In the cortex of the thymus, immature thymocytes exist in the presence of these cells

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Branched cortical epithelial cells and macrophages

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The medulla of the thymus consists of these 4 types of cells

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Thymocytes
Medullary epithelial cells
Dendritic cells
Macrophages

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Parts of the thymus believed to be sites of cellular destruction and/or commitment of cells to the regulatory T cell lineage

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Hassall’s corpuscles

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Hassall’s corpuscles are present here

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Thymus

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Type of cell in the thymus that removes T cells that fail to mature properly

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Macrophages

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Process where the T cell producing tissue of the thymus begins to be gradually replaced with fatty tissue as we age

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Involution of the thymus

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9
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Are T cell germline genes rearranged when they leave the bone marrow?

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No

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Do thymocytes committed to the T cell lineage express CD4 or CD8 when they leave the bone marrow?

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No; they are double negative (express neither)

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Maturation of T cells occurs here

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Thymus

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12
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T cell gene rearrangements occurs here

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thymus

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13
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Are T cells replenished throughout life?

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No
Diversity for T cells is likely greater because they aren’t replenished throughout life

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14
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Difference between antibody and T cell receptor:
How many antigens can bind simultaneously?

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Ab monomers can bind 2; TCRs only bind 1 at a time

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Difference between antibody and T cell receptor:
Recognize antigen in what conformation?

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Abs recognize native conformation; TCR requires processing and presentation of antigen

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Difference between antibody and T cell receptor:
MHC restriction requirement

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MHC restriction is not required for Abs; only for TCRs

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Difference between antibody and T cell receptor:
Function as effector molecules or effector cell

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Ab function as effector molecules, can act from a great distance
TCR is a receptor that activates an effector cell; T cells exert their effect in a local area

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This molecule on thymocytes interacts with its ligand on thymic epithelial cells, removing transcription repressors from the DNA in the thymocyte; initiates maturation

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Notch-1

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19
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Notch-1 is involved in this process

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Initiates T cell maturation

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20
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T cell chain that rearranges first

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Beta chain

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21
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T cell beta chain is tested at the cell surface using this alpha chain surrogate

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pTɑ

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pTɑ is involved in this

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Surrogate alpha chain; used to test rearranged Beta chain during gene rearrangement in T cells

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The pre-T-cell receptor is expressed in the context of these signaling molecules that are required for T cell activation

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CD3 complex

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24
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CD4 and CD8 expression of T cells undergoing positive selection

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Double positive

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25
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T cell positive selection involves this

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Recognition of self MHC

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26
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T cell selection involving recognition of self MHC

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Positive selection

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27
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After this process, T cells moves from double positive to single positive

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Positive selection (depends on which MHC they interact with)

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T cell negative selection involves this

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Removal of T cells that recognize self peptide

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Transcription factor that turns on the expression of non-thymic self antigens in the thymus
Allows for negative selection of T cells

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Autoimmune regulator (AIRE)

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Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) is involved in this process

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Negative selection of T cells
Turns on the expression of non-thymic self antigens in the thymus

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31
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Central tolerance is provided by this process

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Negative selection

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32
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Negative selection provides this type of tolerance

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Central tolerance
(occurs in the thymus)

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33
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Negative selection of T cells occurs by these cells

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Dendritic cells, macrophages, and other cells in the thymus

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34
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Population of self-reactive T cells that recognize self antigens expressed by self MHC
Proliferate, are maintained, and produce the cytokines IL-10 and TGF-beta that suppress the activity of other self-reactive T cells that have bound to the same MHC:peptide complex on the same APC

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Regulatory T cells (Tregs)

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35
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) produce these two cytokines that suppress the activity of other self-reactive T cells that have bound to the same MHC:peptide complex on the same APC

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IL-10 and TGF-beta

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36
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T cells that do not recognize their specific peptide travel to other lymph nodes and eventually re-enter circulation via these

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efferent lymphatics

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37
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Chemokines secreted by stromal cells and dendritic cells residing in the lymph node cortex, and they attract naive T cells that express the CCR7 receptor

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CCL21 and CCL19

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CCL21 and CCL19 attract naive T cells that express this receptor to the lymph node

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CCR7 receptor

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39
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CCL21 and CCL19 are produced by these cells

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Stromal cells and dendritic cells residing in the lymph node cortex

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40
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CCL21 and CCL19 are involved in this process

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T cell homing to the lymph node

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The initial interaction associated with the homing of T cells to the lymph node is between these

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Mucin-like vascular addressins (CD43 and GlyCAM-1) expressed on the high endothelial venule
Bind L-selectin expressed by naive T cells

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42
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Molecule on naive T cells which binds with mucin-like vascular addressins (CD43 and GlyCAM-1) expressed on the high endothelial venule in the process of homing mature, unactivated T cells to the lymph node

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L-selectin

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43
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L-selectin is expressed on these cells

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Mature, naive T cells

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44
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L-selectin is involved in this process

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Homing mature, unactivated T cells to the lymph node

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Molecule on the cell surface of T cells that is activated by chemokines bound to extracellular matrix and binds tightly to ICAM-1, leading to diapedesis (lymphocyte leaves blood and enters lymph node)

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LFA-1

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LFA-1 on lymphocytes binds tightly to this on the high endothelial venule

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ICAM-1

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ICAM-1 on the high endothelial venule binds tightly to this on lymphocytes

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LFA-1

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LFA-1 is activated (allowing it to tightly bind to ICAM-1) by this interaction

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CCR7:chemokine interaction at the high endothelial venule
Involved in lymphocyte diapedesis

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CD2 on T cell binds to this on the dendritic cell
Mediates the initial interactions between T cells and dendritic cells

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LFA-3

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LFA-1 on T cell binds to these on the dendritic cell
Mediates the initial interactions between T cells and dendritic cells

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ICAM-1 and ICAM-2

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ICAM-3 on T cell binds to this on the dendritic cell
Mediates the initial interactions between T cells and dendritic cells

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DC-SIGN

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52
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LFA-3 on dendritic cell binds to this on the T cell
Mediates the initial interactions between T cells and dendritic cells

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CD2

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ICAM-1 on dendritic cell binds to this on the T cell
Mediates the initial interactions between T cells and dendritic cells

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LFA-1

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ICAM-2 on dendritic cell binds to this on the T cell
Mediates the initial interactions between T cells and dendritic cells

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LFA-1

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DC-SIGN on dendritic cell binds to this on the T cell
Mediates the initial interactions between T cells and dendritic cells

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ICAM-3

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56
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CD2 is present on these cells

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T cells
involved in T cell movement within the lymph node

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57
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ICAM-3 is present on these cells

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T cells
involved in T cell movement within the lymph node

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58
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ICAM-2 and ICAM-1 are present on these cells are involved in T cell movement within the lymph node

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Dendritic cells

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59
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LFA-3 is present on these cells

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Dendritic cells
involved in T cell movement within the lymph node

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60
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When a T cell recognizes its specific peptide, the TCR and CD4 bind to the MHC and a signal is transduced that changes and increases affinity of these two molecules, prolonging cell to cell contact

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changes LFA-1, resulting in an increasing affinity for ICAM-1

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61
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One of the first steps associated with the formation of the immunological synapse

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When the naive T cell encounters the appropriate peptide:MHC complex, the TCR and CD4 bind to the MHC and a signal is transduced that changes LFA-1, resulting in an increased affinity for ICAM-1 that prolongs cell to cell contact

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62
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The gathering of receptors on the surface of an APC and T cell that work in a coordinated effort to prolong their interaction and strengthen the signals associated with activation of the T cell by the APC

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Immunological synapse

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Second signal required for T cell activation

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B7 co-stimulatory molecule (on APC) interaction with CD28 (on T cell)

64
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Expressed on activated T cells
Binds B7 with higher affinity than CD28, but it functions as an antagonist that dampens activation and limits proliferation of activated T cells

65
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CTLA4 binds this

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B7 costimulatory molecules

66
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CTLA4 functions in this

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Functions as an antagonist that dampens activation and limits proliferation of activated T cells

67
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Costimulatory molecules on APC that interact with CD28 on T cells
Provide second signal required for T cell activation

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B7 costimulatory molecules (B7.1 and B7.2), also known as CD80 and CD86

68
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Second signal required for B cell activation

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Binding of CD40 on B cells with CD40L on T cells

69
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CD40 on B cells binding with CD40L on T cells provides this signal

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Second signal required for B cell activation

70
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All accessory proteins to the TCR

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CD3 complex (2 epsilon chains, 1 delta chain, and 1 gamma chain)
2 zeta chains

71
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Cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase that plays a critical role in the events involved in initiating T-cell responses by the antigen receptor

72
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Zap-70 is specific to what type of cells

73
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The TCR signaling chains all contain these which are phosphorylated by kinases

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Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs)

74
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Does CD4 or CD8 have only one transmembrane portion?

75
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Does CD4 or CD8 have 2 transmembrane portions?

76
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3 transcription factors released upon activation of the T cell and consequent signaling through the TCR

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NFAT, NF-kB, AP-1

77
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Uptake of an antigen by a professional APC induces expression of this costimulatory molecule by the APC

78
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Interactions that keep the T cell and APC in close proximity

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LFA-1:ICAM-1

79
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Cell surface molecule expressed by T cells that interacts with B7 (on the APC) to signal survival and move toward complete activation of the T cell

80
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Surface molecule of T cells that functions in signal transduction by TCR complex
Expressed on all T cells

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Zeta chain

81
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2 coreceptors of T cells

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CD4 and CD8

82
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Costimulatory receptor of APCs on T cells

83
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What makes up the IL-2 receptor on naive T cells?

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Gamma and beta chain

84
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Subunit that binds to the beta and gamma chains of the IL-2 receptor to increase the affinity of the receptor for IL-2

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Alpha subunit

85
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Cytokine produced by T cells that binds to its receptor (also on T cells), and this signals to Ag-specific T cells to proliferate and produce multiple clones
Activated, effector T cells no longer require costimulatory molecules to act on cells they recognize via TCR:MHC interactions

86
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IL-2 is produced during this

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T cell activation
Leads to T cell proliferation and production of clones

87
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T cell anergy occurs when this happens

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Specific signal alone is encountered (TCR:MHC) but no costimulatory signal

88
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This occurs when specific signal is encountered by T cell (TCR:MHC) but no costimulatory signal is present

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Anergy
T cell becomes non-responsibe so it does not respond to a potential self Ag

89
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This occurs when a T cell only receives the costimulatory signal from APC, but no TCR:MHC

90
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Integrin that interacts with the adhesion molecule VCAM-1

91
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VLA-4 interacts with this

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Adhesion molecule VCAM-1

92
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Adhesion molecule that is selectively expressed by activated endothelium around inflamed tissue
Interacts with VLA-4

93
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Interaction between these two molecules is important for recruitment of effector T cells into the site of infection

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VLA-4 (integrin on T cells) with VCAM-1 (cell adhesion molecule selectively expressed by activated endothelium around inflamed tissue)

94
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Cytokine receptors signal through this pathway

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JAK:STAT
(phosphorylated STAT dimers go to the nucleus and initiate gene expression)

95
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CD4 T cell fate is determined in this location

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Lymph node

96
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What tells CD4 T cells which lineage they should commit to in order to deal with that pathogen?

97
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Defining cytokines of Th1 cells

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IFN gamma and IL-12

98
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IFN gamma and IL-12 are defining cytokines of these cells

99
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Defining cytokines of Th2 cells

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IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13

100
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IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, and IL-13 are defining cytokines of these cells

101
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Defining cytokines of Th17 cells

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IL-17, IL-22

102
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IL-17 and IL-22 are defining cytokines of these cells

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Th17 cells

103
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IL-21, IL-4, and IL-13 are defining cytokines of these cells

104
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Defining cytokines of Tfh cells

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IL-21, IL-4, and IL-13

105
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Principal responding cells to Th1 cells

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Macrophages

106
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Principal responding cells to Th2 cells

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Eosinophils

107
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Principal responding cells to Th17 cells

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Neutrophils

108
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Principal responding cells to Tfh cells

109
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Th1 responses are used for these types of pathogens

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Viruses and intracellular bacteria (due to IFN gamma production and macrophage response)

110
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Th2 responses are used for these types of pathogens

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Extracellular pathogens

111
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Effector T cells used in immune response toward viruses and intracellular bacteria

112
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Effector T cells used in immune response toward extracellular pathogens

113
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Does this describe classically or alternatively activated macrophages:
Microbicidal actions - phagocytosis and killing of bacteria and fungi
Inflammation

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Classically activated macrophage (M1)

114
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Does this describe classically or alternatively activated macrophages:
Anti-inflammatory effects, wound repair, fibrosis

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Alternatively activated macrophage (M2)

115
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Cytokines which lead to differentiation into classically activated macrophages

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Microbial TLR ligands, IFN gamma

116
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Cytokines which lead to differentiation into alternatively activated macrophages

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IL-13 and IL-4

117
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Microbial TLR ligands and IFN gamma promote the differentiation of these types of macrophages

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Classically activated macrophages (M1)

118
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IL-13 and IL-4 promote the differentiation of these types of macrophages

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Alternatively activated macrophages (M2)

119
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Cytokines secreted by classically activated macrophages which promote inflammation

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IL-1, IL-12, IL-23, chemokines

120
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Cytokines secreted by alternatively activated macrophages which promote anti-inflammatory effects, wound repair, and fibrosis

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IL-10, TGF-beta

121
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IL-1, IL-12, IL-23, and chemokines are produced by this type of macrophage

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Classically activated macrophage (M1)

122
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IL-10 and TGF-beta are produced by this type of macrophage

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Alternatively activated macrophage (M2)

123
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Destruction of an intracellular pathogen involves this type of effector T cell

124
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IL-12 induces this response to intracellular pathogens

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Th1 response

125
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Mycobacteria have evolved to survive within these cells by resisting the killing activity of Th1 cells

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Macrophages

126
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Mycobacteria have evolved to survive within macrophages by resisting the killing activity of these cells

127
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Defined by the presence of multi-nucleated giant cells surrounded by T cells, many of which are CD4

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Granulomas (e.g. tuberculosis)

128
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Multi-nucleated giant cell made up of multiple fused macrophages contain this

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Mycobacteria

129
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Fas ligand or LT produced by activated Th1 cell kills these cells when they are chronically infected, releasing bacteria to be destroyed by healthy cells

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Macrophages

130
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Produced by activated Th1 cells
Kills chronically infected macrophages, releasing bacteria to be destroyed by healthy macrophages

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Fas ligand or LT

131
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IL-3 + GM-CSF produced by activated Th1 cells induces differentiation of these cells in the bone marrow

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Macrophages

132
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Produced by activated Th1 cells
Induces macrophages differentiation in the bone marrow

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IL-3 + GM-CSF

133
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Produced by activated Th1 cells
Activates endothelium to induce macrophage adhesion and exit from blood vessel at site of infection

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TNF-alpha + LT

134
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Chemokine produced by activated Th1 cells
Causes macrophages to accumulate at site of infection

135
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Function of CXCL2

A

Causes macrophages to accumulate at site of infection
Produced by activated Th1 cells

136
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Th1 cytokine that can stimulate isotype switching of Ag-specific B cells toward IgG1 Abs that can fix complement and interact with Fc receptors to enhance opsonophagocytosis

137
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IFN-gamma produced by Th1 cells can stimulate isotype switching of B cells toward these antibodies

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IgG1 (can fix complement and interact with Fc receptors to enhance opsonophagocytosis)

138
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Does immunity towards polysaccharides involve T cells?

A

No
Must be linked to protein

139
Q

Conjugate vaccines link these

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Polysaccharides to a protein
Allows Ab to be produced directed toward the polysaccharide

140
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In conjugate vaccines, which type of cell is specific for polysaccharide? And which is specific for the protein?

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B cell specific Abs for polysaccharide
T cell specific for peptide

141
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Cytotoxin released by CD8 T cells that forms pores in cell membranes of target cells

142
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Perforin is released by this cell

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CD8 T cell

143
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Cytotoxin released by CD8 T cells that is a serine esterase that enters the cytoplasm of target cells, inducing apoptosis

144
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Granzymes are released by this cell

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CD8 T cell

145
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Cytotoxin released by CD8 T cells that is a membrane-perturbing protein that works with other cytotoxins to form pores in target cells

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Granulysin

146
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Granulysin is released by this cell

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CD8 T cell

147
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Type of effector T cell that activates macrophages

148
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Type of effector T cell that activates eosinophils and mast cells; alternative macrophage activation

149
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Type of effector T cell that recruits and activates neutrophils

150
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Type of effector T cell that promotes antibody production

151
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Th1 cells act on these cells

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Macrophages

152
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Th2 cells act on these cells

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Eosinophils and mast cells

153
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Th17 cells act on these cells

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Neutrophils

154
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Tfh cells act on these cells

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