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Polio virus VP2 mimics what self-antigen?

Acetylcholine

Myelin Basic protein is mimicked by

Measles Virus P3

Insulin receptors are mimicked by

Papilloma Virus VP2

Antigen attacked in Addison's disease

Microsomal proteins of adrenal cells

Antigen attacked on acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Basic protein of myelin

Thyroglobulin and microsomal antigens are attacked in what autoimmune disease?

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Antigen attacked on Type 1 DM

Islet Cells

Type 4 collagen membranes are attacked in what disease?

Goodpastures Syndrome

TSH receptors are attacked in what disease?

Grave's Disease

Acetylcholine receptors are attacked in what autoimmune disease?

Myasthenia gravis

Smooth muscles are attacked in what autoimmune disease?

Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis

Antigens attacked in Pernicious Anemia

Gastric Parietal cell antigens, Intrinsic Factor

Antigens attacked in Sjogren's Syndrome

Salivary Gland nucleolar antigen

Antigens attacked in Billiary Cirrhosis

Mitochondria

Striated Cardiac muscle antigens are attacked in what autoimmune disease?

Autoimmune myocarditis

Epidermal antigen are attacked in what disease?

Pemphigus vulgaris

Bullous Pemphigoid

Attacks Epidermal Antigen

Autoimmune rheumatic fever

attacks heart and joint tissue organ

In Antibiotic testing how long is the diameter of the plate and how deep is it?

4mm depth and 6mm diameter

Rosette uterus

Diphylobothrium latum

Rosette Microconidia

Sporothrix schenkii

Disease of Connective Tissue

SLE

most common manifestation of SLE

arthritis

Skin lesions found in SLE

Butterfly rash or RED WOLF

What antibody is present in SLE?

Anti-Nuclear Antibodies

True or False: ANA is a specific antibody for SLE

False

Specific antibodies detected in SLE

Anti-smith antibody and anti-double stranded DNA

Specific antibodies usually found in all SLE

Anti-dsDNA

Cell associated with SLE

Le cell

Le cell appearance

PMN leukocyte with ingested LE body, often in rosette formation

PMN leukocyte with ingested LE body, often in rosette formation

Serologic Tests for SLE

Antinuclear Antibody Visible Method and Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Detection of ANA

Most commonly used and well known serologic test for SLE

Indirect Fluorescent Antibody detection of ANA

Nucleolar fluorescent pattern is associated with what disease?

Scleroderma

Pattern of fluorescence for SLE

Homogenous, Peripheral, or Speckled

Discrete patterned fluorescence are seen in what diseases?

Calcinosis


Reynauds


Esophageal dysmotility


Sclerodactyl


Telangietasia

Speckle patterned fluorescence are associated with what diseases?

SLE, RA, MCTD

Peripheral patterned fluorescence are associated with what diseases?

Active stage of SLE


Sjorgen's Syndrome

Homogenous patterned fluorescence are associated with what diseases?

Rheumatoid arthritis


SLE


Sjorgens Syndrome


MTCD

Autoimmune disease causing chronic inflammation of the joints and periarticular tissue

Rheumatoid Arthritis

What is the nonspecific marker for rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid Factor

What is the specific marker for RA?

anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide

Sensitized Alligator Erythrocyte Test for RA was discovered by

Cohen et al

Rose-Waaler test for RA

Sheep Cell Agglutination Test

Latex Fixation Test for RA was discovered by

Singer and Plotz

Bentonite Flocculation Test was discovered by

Bloch and Bunim

Carcinoembryonic antigen

GI cancer

AFP

hepatocellular cancer

PSA

prostate cancer

Best and only specific tumor marker

PSA

Breast Cancer

CA15-3

pancreas, stomach, bile duct cancers

CA 19-9

Ovarian CA

CA 125

Gastric Cancer

Ca 72-4

Defined as the initial force of attraction between Fab and single epitope

Affinity

Definition of Avidity

sum of all attractive forces between an antigen and an antibody

Process wherein Thymocytes are presented with MHC molecules to make them single positive t cells

Positive selection

Process wherein T cells are selected through their lack of stimulation from self antigens in the medulla of the thymus

Negative selection

2 mechanisms of immune tolerance

Clonal anergy and clonal deletion

IgM attacking IgG disease

Rheumatoid arthritis