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What are the cells of the adaptive immune system?
Basophils and Mast Cells, Eosinophils, B and T lymphocytes, monocytes/dendritic cells
Where are B cells and T cells produced?
Bone Marrow
What is it called when B cells and T cells travel from one lymph node to another and to and from the spleen?
trafficking or homing
What are the 2 arms to adaptive immunity?
Cell-mediated (cytotoxic T cells) and humoral immunity (antibodies)
What is an epitope of the antigen bound to in AI?
MHC class 2 molecule and present to helper T cell
After an antigen is present to a helper T cell in AI, what does the helper T cell do?
Produce cytokines to stimulate the activation cytotoxic T cells and B cells
How do immature T cells know where to go?
They recognize selectins on the thymus
T cells mature in the thymus to become what?
CD4 Helper T cells or CD8 cytotoxic T cells
T cells must recognize MHC class 1 or 2 in order to be stimulated to mature (self-restricted)
Positive Selection
T cells that recognize self-antigens bound to MHC class 1 or 3 on thympus epithelial cells are driven to apoptose
Negative selection
A mature T cell can leave the thymus if....
it is tolerant to selft antigens and are self-MHC restricted
Where do mature T cells from the thymus go?
Spleen or lymph nodes
Macrophages and dendritic cells produce important what that activate T and B cells?
cytokines and lymphokines
Antigens are presented as what by an antigen-presenting molecule?
peptides (epitopes)
The antigen presenting molecule in a mouse ____ and human _____
MHC and HLA
AKA antigenic determinants
epitope
regions on an antigen that can be recognized by an antibody or by T cell receptor
Epitope
Antigens that are synthesized within a cell
HLA Class 1
What type of antigens are presented in HLA Class 1?
those that are synthesized within a cell, self-antigens or antigens form cell infection
What recognizes HLA class 1 presentation?
CD8 Cytotoxic T cells (ate)
What recognizes HLA class 2 presentation?
CD4 helper T cells (4 something, to help)
Responsible for graft rejection
HLA Class 1
What type of antigens are presented by HLA class 2?
Those that are products of phagocytosis
What cells express HLA class 1?
All cells except RBCs
What cells express HLA Class 2?
Monocytes/macrophages, Dendritic cells, B cells, Epithelial cells of thymus
One unique alpha chain plu common beta chain (beta2 microglobulin)
Class 1 HLA
Expresses endogenous antigens
Class 1 HLA
What recognizes Class 1 HLA?
Cytotoxic T cells
Importnat for killing virus infected cells and for tumor surveillance
HLA Class 1
Mediates transplant rejection
HLA Class 1
2 unique chains: alpha chain plus Beta chain
HLA Class 2
Expresses exogenous antigens
HLA Class 2
What recognizes HLA Class 2?
Helper T cells to trigger adaptive immunity
Smaller epitopes
HLA Class 1 (Single protein)
Larger epitopes
HLA Class 2 (2 proteins)
Name 2 subsets of T Lymphocytes
CD4 helper T cells and CD8 cytotoxic T cells
Activators of both vell-mediated and humoral immunity
CD4
Effectors of cell-mediated immunity that are HLA-restricted
CD8 cytotoxic
Conformational compliment to epitope
Paratope
All T cells express what?
CD3
What does B7-1 or B7-2 do?
On the antigen presenting cells and binds to T-cell surface, thus activating HTCells
CD2 binding to LFA-3 and ICAM binding to LFA-1 will do what?
activate HTCells
What do cytokines do to TCells?
Activate HTCells
Name 2 general cytokine activators of HTC?
IL-2 and IL-15
What will drive HTC to TH1?
IL-12 and IFN-gamma
What will drive HTC to TH2?
IL-4 cytokine
What down-regulates TH1?
IL-10
What down regulates TH1 and TH2?
TGF-b
What produce cytokines?
Macrophage or dendritic cells
What activates TH1?
IL-1 and IL-12
What activates TH2?
IL-1
What do TH1 cells produce?
IL-2, IFN-gamma
What do TH2 cells produce?
IL4-6, 9,10,13
What do TH1 cells activate?
Cytotoxic T cells
What do TH2 cells activate?
B cells to become plasma cells
What do CD4 TRegs produce?
IL-10 (DR TH1) and TGF-b (DR TH1 and TH2)
What are the 3 ways in which a Cytotoxic T cell kills?
FAS-FAS ligand interaction, TNF-->Perforin, and Granzymes
What express CD19, CD20, CD22 on their curface?
B cells
What type of mutations do B cells undergo as they differentiate?
Somatic cell mutations
Where is the paratope of an antibody?
Hypervariable region
Part of the antigen that binds to antibody
Epitope
Part of antibody that binds antigen
Paratope
Unique antigen-binding site on each antibody; antibodies with the same antigen binding sites
Idiotype
Antibodies with different types of Fc regions
Isotypes
Monomeric Ig that is most abundant Ig in blood and important for memory response
IgG
membrane associated Ig that is found on mature but unactivated B cells
IgD
First secreted Ig made
IgM
Ig associated with mast cells and absophils, mediator of allergic reactions
IgE
Dimeric Ig that is associated with J chain and secretory component; most important secretory Ig
IgA
What B cell deficiency would give you constant URI and UTI infections?
IgA and IgG subclass deficiencies
What causes SCID?
T Cell immunodeficency (lack of IL-7)
What causes purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency
T Cell ID
What causes MHC Class 2 deficiency?
No helpher T cells
What causes DiGeorge's syndrome?
Congenital Thymic aplasia
What causes Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome?
Cytotoxic T cell malfunction, few platelets
What causes Ataxia-telangiectasia?
T cell deficiency (wobbly gait)
Lack of GM-CSF?
Congenital neutrophenia
Unable to produce NADPH by the PPP = buildup of reduced glutatione
G6PD deficiency
Inability to produce H202 and hypocholorous acid?
Chronic granulomatous disease
Lack of integrin subunit, the common beta chain?
LAD
Reduced ability to remove immunocomplexes
Complement Defects
Defect in LYST, a lysosomal trafficking gene?
Chediak-Higashi
What HS causes allergy?
1
What is HS1 mediated by?
IgE bound to mast cells and basophils
In which HS are PG and leukotrienes released?
1
What type of HS causes complement activation?
2
What type of HS is myasthenia gravis?
2
What type of HS is Goodpasture's syndrome?
2
What type of HS causes immune complex disease?
3
What type of HS is post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis or autoimmunities?
3
What type of HS is cell-mediated caused by activated CD4 cells?
4
What type of HS is a contact hypersensitivity?
4
What type of HS is Tuberculin reaction?
4
What type of HS is granulomatous HS?
4
What type of HS is Crohn's disease?
4
Tolerance that is established in mature T and B cells
peripheral
Name 3 possible mechanisms of peripheral tolerance
1. Clonal exhaustion
2. Clonal anergy
3. Regulatory T cells
What form of tolerance is there no cytokine or B7?
Clonal anergy
What form of tolerance are there no cytokines?
Clonal exhaustion
What form of tolerance are there CD4/CD25 cells that actively supress a response through IL-10 and TGF-b?
Regulatory T cells (Tregs)