TI Flashcards
Tumor cells can ________ expression of MHC class 1 to evade __________ attack
Lose
Cytotoxic T cell
NK activation receptor ______________ mediates _____________
FcgammaR
ADCC
NK cells produce __________________ which can activate macrophages
IFN-gamma
NK cells activated by antibody can kill via ________
ADCC
NK cells activated by their activation receptors can cause ____________
cytotoxicity
________ macrophages important in tumor immunity
M1
Tumor antigens, IFN-gamma (from T cells and NK cells), and microbial products (LPS) can activate
macrophages
M1 macrophages have cytotoxic molecules that can be _________________ on tumor cells or act on __________ tumor cells
Released directly
phagocytosed
M1 macrophages can secrete ____________, which causes thrombosis of tumor blood vessels
TNF (tumor necrosis factor)
Leads to tumor necrosis
Most important adaptive immune response to tumors is ________
CD8 cytotoxic T cell response
Tumor antigens or cells are ingested by ______. Peptides derived from antigens are presented by MHC ___________.
CD8 naive T cells recognize tumor peptide/MHC _______
CD4 Thelper cells are activated to produce cytokines by peptide/MHC ________.
Drives differentiation of CD8 T cells.
What is process called?
APC
Classes 1 and 2
Class 1
Class 2
Cross Priming
Once differentiated, do Cytotoxic T cells need costimulation to kill tumor cells?
No
Tumor cells can evade immune attack by expressing inhibitory ________
surface proteins and cytokines
Tumor cells ___________ Tregulatory cells
recruit
Loss of MHC class 1 expression and tumor antigen that initially caused cytotoxic T cell differentiation can cause
Lack of T cell recognition
APC at tumor site not fully activated, express low levels of
B7
B7 binds to ______ to form an inhibitory signal
CTLA-4
Some tumor cells express ______ that can attenuate the activation of cytotoxic T cells
PD-L1
TGF-beta is a _______ cytokine
inhibitory
Many tumor cells secrete
TGF-Beta (inhibitory cytokine)
NK inhibitory receptors recognize
MHC class 1
Tregulatory cells are small population of ________
CD4 T cells
Prevent autoimmune and allergic disease by suppressing immune responses to auto-antigens and allergens
Tregulatory cells
Tumors recruit _________ to tumor site to suppress immune responses to tumor antigens
Treg