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Unit One Immunoglobulins Flashcards

1
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Antibodies are secreted by

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Effector B cells or plasma cells

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2
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Antibodies can do what

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Clear the blood and tissues of invading pathogens and their toxins

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3
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Antibodies general or specific

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Specific

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4
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A B cell produces only one specificity of what throughout its life

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Antibody

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5
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Antibody binding to a specific pathogen results in what

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B cell proliferation and differentiation

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6
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What is antibody clonal selection

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Large amounts of antibodies are produced specifically for a single pathogen

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7
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What agammaglobulinemia

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No ability to produce antibodies

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8
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Where is the variable part of the antibody

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On the ends of the Y structure

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9
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Differences in types of antibodies are where on the antibody

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Constant region which shows different functions

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10
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Antibodies are made up of how many polypeptide chains

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4

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11
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Antibody has how many heavy chains

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2 identical

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12
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How smaller chains does antibody have

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Two identical

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13
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The variable region on AB forms the

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Antigen binding site

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14
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The constant region has no

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Variation in amino acid sequence

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15
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Where is the hinge region

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In the middle and provides flexibility

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16
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what is Fab in antibody

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Fragment antigen binding region that binds to antigen

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17
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Fc region in antibody does what

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Mediates the effector functions

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18
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Difference in Fc regions indicate difference in what

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Isotopes

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19
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What are the different types of antibodies

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IgG, IgM, IgD, IgA and IgE

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20
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What are the hypervariable regions in antibodies

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Unstructured protein regions in antigen binding site, contains different amino acid structures

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21
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What are the complementarity determining regions in antibody (CDR1-3)

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Binds to the antigens complementarily

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22
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Aka of antigenic determinant

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Epitope

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23
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What is an epitope

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Part of antigen that binds to antibody

24
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What is a multivalent antigen

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Antigen that contains more than one epitope or copy of the epitope

25
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What are the two types of epitope

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Linear and discontinuous

26
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What are linear epitope

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Successive amino acids

27
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What are discontinuous epitopes

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Amino acids brought together because of folding

28
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What is hybridoma production

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Making immortal B cells through B cells fusion with a tumor cell

29
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Each antibody requires what gene segments

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VDJ genes (variable, diversity and joining)

30
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What is somatic recombination

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Recombination of VDJ segments

31
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What is junctional diversity

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Heptamer cleaved from D and J segment to form hairpin, Hairpin open to expose nucleotides, add nucleotides and find match, and then add more nucleotides to create more diversity

32
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Naive B cells express what antibodies

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IgM and IgD

33
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Alternative mRNA splicing allows for

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Expression of IgM and IgD on cell surface

34
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After antibodies are recombined, the bound immunoglobulin express what on their cell surface

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IgM and IgD

35
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What assistant proteins are on the cell surface of bound immunoglobulins

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Igalpha and Igbeta that help with intracellular signaling

36
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When a B cell recognizes its antigen the membrane bound IgM and IgD become

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Secreted antibodies

37
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After B cell activation, what further increases antibody diversification

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Somatic hypermutations

38
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Somatic hypermutations occur through

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Point mutations

39
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Aka of somatic hypermutations

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Affinity maturation

40
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What is affinity maturation

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Mature affinity of antibody every time matches with antigen

41
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Somatic hypermutation/ affinity maturation changes what on antibody

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Variable region

42
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What is isotype switching

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Change in constant region causing different function of antibody

43
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What antibodies have subclasses

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IgG and IgA

44
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Function of antibodies

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Neutralization, opsonization, and activation of complement

45
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Neutralization with antibodies

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Binding to pathogen or toxin and preventing it from interacting with human cells

46
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What antibodies work with neutralization

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IgM, IgG and IgA

47
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Opsonization with antibodies

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Coating the protein with opsonins to allow phagocytosis to take place more easily

48
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What antibodies work with opsonization

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IgG and IgA

49
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Activation of compliment with antibodies

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Antibodies bound to the surface of a bacteria can activate complement for lysis of the bacterium

50
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What antibodies are part of activation of complement

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IgM, IgG and IgA

51
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IgM function

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Complement activation, opsonization in blood

52
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Function of IgA

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Mucosal surface, in gut and bodily fluids

53
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IgE function

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Recruits mast cells, eosinophils and basophils to fight parasites, helps with allergies

54
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Function of IgD

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Located in the upper respiratory tract ot interact with commensal and pathogenic respiratory bacteria

55
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IgG function

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Most abundant with great flexibility. Best antibody

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