Tolerance and Autoimmunity - week 10 Flashcards
———: is an immune response against self antigens or antigens associated with the commensal
microbiota
Autoimmunity
The processes & mechanisms that control anti-self immune attack are collectively known as ——- or ——–
tolerance or self-tolerance
Organ-specific autoimmune disease
* affects single organ
1) T1D (Type IV)
2) MS (Type IV)
4) Grave’s Disease (Type II)
5) Goodpasture’s syndrome (Type II)
Systemic autoimmune disease
* multisystem disorder
1) SLE (Type III)
2) Rheumatoid arthritis (Type IV)
patho of Myasthenia Gravis
Antibody inhibit binding of ACh
Target Antigen in Mysathenia Gravis?
Acetylcholine receptor
CM of Myasthenia Gravis
Muscle weakness and paralysis
Myasthenia Gravis is Type —- hypersensitivity
Type II
patho of Goodpasture syndrome
AutoAbds are formed against Type IV collagen –> complement activation and inflammation
Autoantibodies invlolved in Goodpasture’s syndrome?
IgG
Target antigen in Goodpasture syndrome
Type IV collagen in the basement membrane of the kidney glomeruli and lung alveoli
CM of Goodpasture syndrome
nephritis and lung heamorahage
A kidney biopsy from a patient w/ Goodpasture syndrome will show?
Linear deposition of IgG and C3 along the GBM
Goodpasture syndrome is a Type —– hypersensitivity
Type II
Epi od SLE?
F>M
20-40 yrs
SLE is Type —— hypersensitivy
Type III
Target antigen in Graves disease
TSH receptor
(over activation)