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APOPTOSIS
1. PROCESS OF PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH/ CELL SUICIDE
LYSOZYME
1. MEMBRANE-BOUND ORGANELLE THAT CONTAINS ENZYMES THAT BREAKDOWN WASTE MATERIALS AND CELLULAR DEBRIS
2. INTRACELLULAR DIGESTION
3. ENZYME CAPABLE OF DESTROYING CELL WALLS OF CERTAIN BACTERIA; MILD ANTISEPTIC
OPSONINS
ANTIBODY COATS PATHOGENS OR ANTIBODY-ANTIGEN COMPLEXES TO MAKE THEM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PHAGOCYTOSIS
GRANZYME
RELEASED W/IN CYTOTOXIC T-CELLS & NK CELLS WHICH INDUCES APOPTOSIS (CELL-DEATH) W/IN VIRUS INFECTED CELLS, DESTROYING THEM
PERFORIN
1. PROTEIN RELEASED FROM CYTOTOXIC T-CELLS & NK CELLS WHICH ATTACKS TARGET CELLS
2. CREATES A PORE/HOLE IN TARGET CELL MEMBRANE
3. CELL DIES
ENDOSOME
1. MEMBRANE-BOUND COMPARTMENT INSIDE EUKARYOTIC CELLS THAT DEGRADES ENGULFED CELL MATERIAL OR RECYCLES IT BACK TO THE CELLS SURFACE
2. ALSO INVOLVED W/ TRANSPORT W/IN THE CELL
PHAGOSOME
1. VESICLE FORMED AROUND AN ABSORBED PARTICLE DURING PHAGOCYTOSIS
2. THIS IS WHERE AN ORGANISM IS KILLED
PHAGOLYSOSOME
1. LYSOSOME GRANULES IN CELL COMBINE W/ PHAGOSOME TO FORM THIS
2. ENZYMES IN HERE WILL DEGRADE MICROBES OR EXPEL ORGANISM IF ITS TOO LARGE TO BE ENGULFED
CLASSIC C3 CONVERTASE
1. C4b2a
2. MOST ABUNDANT COMPLEMENT
3. COMMON W/IN ALL THREE PATHWAYS
4. CLEAVES TO C3a & C3b
ALTERNATE C3 CONVERTASE
C3bBb
CLEAVES TO C3
C5 CONVERTASE
1. C4b2a3b
2. CLEAVES INTO C5a & C5b
WHAT FACTOR STABILIZES THE C3bBb
PROPERDIN
HOW IS THE CLASSIC PATHWAY ACTIVATED?
BY BINDING OF C1 COMPLEX WHICH CONSISTS OF C1q, C1r, & C1s
HOW IS THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY ACTIVATED?
ACTIVATION IS INDICATED DIRECTLY ON THE SURFACE OF THE PATHOGEN OR MICROBE & IS INDEPENDENT OF ANTIBODIES
HOW IS THE LECTIN PATHWAY ACTIVATED?
1. WHEN A PROTEIN (MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN) RECOGNIZED & BINDS TO MANNOSE RESIDUES ON A PATHOGENS CELL SURFACE
2. MICROBE SURFACE MANNOSE SUGAR
ANAPHYLATOXINS
1. C3a, C4a, & C5a
2. GRANULE RELEASE FROM MAST CELLS & BASOPHILS
3. INDUCE TRAUMATIC EVENTS
4. ANAPHYLAXIS: SEVERE SYSTEMIC REACTION
MAC COMPLEX AND WHAT IT DOES
C5bC6C7C8C9
CAUSES LYSIS OF PATHOGEN
MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX
WHAT CELLS PRODUCE THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLEMENT PROTEINS?
1. HEPATOCYTES (LIVER CELLS)
2. ACTIVATED MACROPHAGES
WHATS THE MOST ABUNDANT COMPLEMENT PROTEIN?
C3
WHAT CAUSES REDNESS & HEAT?
DILATION OF BLOOD VESSELS
WHAT CAUSES EDEMA?
SWELLING DUE TO LEAKAGE OF FLUID INTO AREA
WHAT CAUSES PAIN?
SWELLING & STIMULATION OF PAIN RECEPTORS
EXTRAVASATION
1. HOW NEUTROPHILS & MACROPHAGES GET TO INJURED TISSUES
2. ESCAPE OF BLOOD, LYMPH, OR BODY FLUID FROM VESSELS INTO TISSUES
DESCRIBE THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS OF EXTRAVASATION: ROLLING
1. DURING INFLAMMATION ENDOTHELIAL CELLS RECEIVE ALARM SIGNALS FROM CYTOKINES
2. ENDOTHELIAL CELLS THEN EXPRESS PROTEIN SELECTIN (SEL) ON SURFACE
3. SELECTIN WILL BIND TO SELECTN LIGANS (SLIG) FOUND ON NEUTROPHILS
(BOND ISNT STRONG AND CAUSES NEUTROPHIL TO ROLL ALONG DAMAGED TISSUE)
DESCRIBE THE 2ND STEP IN THE PROCESS OF EXTRAVASATION: SNIFFING & STOPPING
1. AS NEUTROPHIL ROLLS, IT SNIFFS FOR A SIGNAL THAT AN INFLAMMATORY REACTION IS GOIGN ON IN THE TISSUE
2. C5a (COMPLEMENT FRAGMENT), LPS (BACTERIAL WALL COMPONENT) CAUSES NEUTROPHIL TO EXPRESS A NEW PROTEIN CALLED INEGRIN OR INT ON ITS SURFACE
3. INT WILL BIND TO INTRACELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE CALLED ICAM FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
4. THIS INTERACTION IS VERY STRONG & CAUSES NEUTROPHIL TO STOP ROLLING
DESCRIBE THE 3RD STEP INT HE PROCESS OF EXTRAVASATION: MIGRATION TO INFLAMED TISSUE
1. CHEMO-ATTRACTIVES SUCH AS C5a & FRAGMENTS OF BACTERIA KNOWN AS f-met PEPTIDES ALLOW NEUTROPHILS TO SQUEEZE THROUGH ENDOTHELIAL CELLS & MIGRATE TO SITE OF INFLAMMATION
WHAT'S THE ROLE OF PHAGOCYTES IN INNATE IMMUNITY?
PROCESS OF ENGULFING & DESTROYING UNWANTED ENTITIES
WHATS THE ROLE OF NK CELLS IN INNATE IMMUNITY?
TO DETECT DEFECTIVE OR ABNORMAL CELLS BY LOOKING FOR ABNORMAL SURFACE ANTIGENS & LOOKING FOR A REDUCED # OF MCH ANTIGENS
ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF COMPLEMENT IS CELL LYSIS. THIS FUNCTION IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF ______.
THE MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX
MAC
OUR NATURAL IMMUNITY, THE ONE WE ARE BORN WITH IS CALLED WHAT?
INNATE IMMUNITY
TWO RESEARCHERS DEVELOPED VACCINES AGAINST POLIO AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD. WHICH ONE USED LIVE, ATTENUATED VIRUS IN HIS VACCINE PREPARATION?
ALBERT SABIN USED LIVE, ATTENUATED VIRUS IN HIS VACCINE & IT WAS ADMINISTERED VIA SUGAR CUBE.
WHAT AGENT DID EDWARD JENNER USE TO PROMOTE IMMUNITY TO SMALLPOX?
COWPOX VIRUS