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Unit 8 - Leukopoiesis II Flashcards

1
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Lymphopoiesis stages

A

PSC
LSC
Lymphoblast
Prolymphocyte
Lymphocyte

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Lymphoblast key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

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10-18 um
Large round nucleus, 1-2 nucleoli
Very fine chromatin (darker than myeloblast)
Small rim of cytoplasm

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Prolymphocyte key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

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Slightly smaller than blast
Chromatin more clumped
ONE SINGLE PROMINENT NUCLEOLUS

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What lymphocyte stage has one singular nucleolus

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Prolymphocyte

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Mature lymphocytes size range

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7-10um to as large as a monocyte

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What is the current term for a larger lymphocyte

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Variant lymphocyte

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What are the historic terms for larger lymphocytes

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Reactive lymph
Atypical lymph

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Small mature lymphocyte

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Nucleus - size of RBC, dense clumped nucleus
Cytoplasm - Small amount, blue

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Larger mature lymphocyte

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Cytoplasm - more abundant
May stain lighter blue
May have granules (NK mostly, maybe T cells)

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Why do variant lymphocytes get their shape

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Immunologically stimulated (often viral)
Can be immunoblast precursor

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Key features of variant lymphs

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Ballerina skirt, dark blue at edge around RBCs
Nucleus may have nucleoli
Chromatin finer
Irregular nucleus

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What is a immunoblast

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Immunologically processed virgin lymph that looks larger and blast-like

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13
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B - Cell immunoblast

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B-cell –> Plasmacytoid lymphocyte –> Plasma cell

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T - Cell Immunoblast

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T - Cells –> T-effector cells (look like small mature lymphs)

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Megakaryocyte development

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PSC
CFU-GEMM
Megakaryoblast
Promegakaryocyte
Megakaryocyte w/o PLT
Megakaryocyte w/ PLT
Bare megaK nucleus w/ PLT
PLT

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16
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What tissues produce thrombopoietin

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Liver
Spleen
Kidneys

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17
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What is unique about MegaK development

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Nucleus divides (endomitosis)
Cytoplasm doesn’t

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Endomitosis

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Nucleus divides, cytoplasm does not

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Megakaryoblast key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

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Huge cell, 20-45 um
Fine chromatin
blunt pseudopods
1-2 nucleoli
Bluish cytoplasm, nongranular

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Promegakaryocyte key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

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2-4 lobed nucleus
Cytoplasm less blue

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MegaK w/o PLT key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

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Nuclei divides -> polyploid
Cytoplasm more abundant
Less basophilic
granules start to form

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MegaK w/ PLT key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

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Membrane extensions “proplatelets”
Proplatelets break off as individual platelets.

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23
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Polyploid

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Nuclei continues to divide

24
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MegaK nucleus key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

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PLT production stops
Nucleus consumed by macrophage

25
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Platelets key features
(size, N/C ratio, cytoplasm, nucleus, granules, nucleoli, Golgi)

A

Fragments of megak cytoplasm
Small, 1-4 um
Released from MegaK in bone marrow to the peripheral blood
Internally complex

26
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Normal plt counts

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5-15 PLT/oil field

27
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Decreased PLT counts

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<6 PLT/oil field

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Increased PLT counts

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> 15 PLT/oil field

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B-Cells processed in

A

Bursa-equivalent
aka
Bone marrow

30
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NK cells processed in

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Neither thymus or bone marrow
In the gut

31
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What do NK cells do

A

Kill tumor cells
Kill virus infected cells

32
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Cellular immunity

33
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Humoral immunity

34
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What percent of lymphs are t-lymphs in the blood

35
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CD4 cells

36
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CD8 cells

A

Cytotoxic/Suppressor

37
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What % of PBS lymphs are B cells

38
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What cells undergo a blast transformation

A

B cells before they become plasma cells

39
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T- Cell functions

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Delayed type hypersensitivity
Cytotoxic reactions
Regulator T-cells

40
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Normal ratio of CD4 to CD8

41
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Cytotoxic reactions

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Kill virally infected cells
Reject translated organs

42
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REgulator T cells

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CD4 - interact w other T cells, B cells, and macrophages
CD8 - Suppressor shuts off system

43
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B - Cell fxns

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Unstimulated, carry immunoglobulin on cell surface
Ab release transform into plasma cell or memory B cells

44
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Terminally effector cells

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Plasma cells

45
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NK functions

A

Attack -
Tumors
Virally infected cells
Ab coated cells

46
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Cellular immunity defends against

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Intracellular pathogens
Graft rejection
Immune surveillance for cancer

47
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Humoral immunity defends against

A

Soluble antigens
Extracellular pathogens

48
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How does WBC distribution differ in children from adults?

A

Reverse diff
Lymphocytes more popular than neutrophils

49
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Lymphocyte absolute reference ranges

A

1.0-4.8 x 10^9/L

50
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Eosinophil absolute reference ranges

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0-0.4x10^9/L

51
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Bands absolute reference ranges

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0-0.7x10^9/L

52
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Monocytes absolute reference ranges

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0.1-0.8x10^9/L

53
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Basophils absolute reference ranges

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0-0.2x10^9/L

54
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Immature granulocyte markers

55
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Mature neutrophil markers

56
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B cell markers

57
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T cell markers

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CD7 (all)
CD4 (helper)
CD8 (cytotoxic)

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