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tetrahydrobiopterin is a cofactor for the synthesis of...
tyrosine, dopa, serotonin
Fat soluble vitamins?
KADE
Vitamin A is for...
Vision
Vitamin D is for
Bone calcification, ca homeostasis
Vitamin K is for...
clotting factors
Vitamin E is for...
antioxidant
Water soluble vitamins?
B, C, Biotin, Folate
Urease cycle
ornithine
[carbamoyl phosphate]
citrulline
[asparatate]
arginosuccinate
fumarate
arginine
urea
Von Gierke's Disease (Type I) deficiency
G-6-Phosphatase
Pompe's disease deficiency
Lysosomal acid maltase (alpha-1,4-glucosidase)
Cori's Disease (type III) deficiency
Debranching enzyme, incl alpha-1,6-glucosidase
McArdle's disease (type )
Skeletal glycogen phosphorylase
lead poisoning
ferrochelatase and ALA dehydratase
sickle cell mutation
valine substitution for glutamic acid
What uses tyrosine kinase-associated receptors pathway
cytokines
growth hormone
prolactin
IL-E
What uses receptor tyrosine kinases
Growth factor receptors
EGF, PDGF, FGF, etc.
Receptor tyrosie kinases use this signalling pathway
MAP-kinase
Tyrosine-kinase associated receptors use this pathway
JAK/STAT
Responsible for ensuring tRNA and aa are corectly paired
aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
porphyria symptoms
Painful abdomen
Pink urine (or tea-colored)
Polyneuropathy
Psychological
Precipitated by drgs
porphyria cutanea tarda deficiency
uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
acute intermitten porphyria
porphobilinogen deaminase

(Scrubs - purple pee in sunlight, also van gogh)
lead poisoning deficiency
ferrochelatase and ALA dehydratase
start codon sequence
AUG (start = inaugurate)
rarely GUG
stop codon sequence
UGA = U Go Away
UAA = U Are Away
UAG = U Are Gone
Urine turns black on standing
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria deficiency
tyrosine to fumarate
Antidote for cyanide poisoning
amyl nitrite

acts on hemoglobin to increase its affinity to cyanide
biotin is a cofactor for
Carboxylation cofactor

1. Pyruvate -> Oxaloacetate
2. Acetyl-CoA -> malonyl-CoA (make fatty acids)
3. Prionyl-CoA -> methylmalonyl-CoA (degrade odd-chain fatty acids via B12)
Marfan's syndrome triad
Fibrillin gene mutation, leads to:

Periosteum --> Skeletal abnormalities
Lens --> Subluxation of lens
Cardiovascular --> Dissection, aortic incompetence
Heme --> biliverdin
Heme oxygenase
jun is a
transcription factor
tetrahydropbiopterin is a cofactor for
Tetrahydrobiopterin = BH4

Required for conversion of
Phenylalanine
Tryptophan

Synthesis of tyrosine, dopa, serotonin
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: cause
Vitamin B1 deficiency
lipoic acid is a required cofactor for these enzymes
Pyruvate dehydrogenase
alpha-ketogluterate dehydrogenase
branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome triad (really a quartet)
Confusion
Ophthalmoplegia
Ataxia

Associated with periventricular hemorrhage/necrosis, especially in the mamillary bodies
Thiamine dependent enzymes
transketolase
pyruvate dehydrogenase
alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
Northern / Western / Southern blots for
SNW
DRP
Vitamin A

[the one that...]
[Function]
[Deficiency]
[Excess]
Vitamin A

[The one that...] is in carrots
[Function]
[Deficiency]
[Excess]
Prominent A?
Right ventricular hypertrophy
Tricuspid stenosis
Prominent v?
tricuspid regurg
Prominent y?
constrictive pericarditis
P wave
atrial depolarization
PR segment
conduction delay through AV node
QRS complex
ventricular depolarization

Also, masks atrial repolarization
T wave
ventricular repolarization
U wave
caused by hypokalemia, metabolic acidosis
Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome
delta wave

Bundle of Ken bypasses AV node, causing early depolarization
Normal Pressures in Heart Compartments
RA < 5
RV < 25/5
PA < 25/10
Lungs + LA < 12
LV < 130/10
Aorta = Normal BP
PCWP approximates...
left atrial pressure.

Which is close to LV pressure in diastole, so it also approximates preload.
Tetralogy of Fallot tetralogy
Pulmonary stenosis. RVH. Overriding aorta. VSD.
Eisenmenger syndrome
Reversal of L-R shunt.

VSD, ASD, PDA.
anterosuperior displacement of the infundibular septum causes...
tetrology of fallot
failure of aorticopulmonary septum to spiral causes...
transposition of great vessels
continuous machinelike murmur
PDA
What cardiac associations with 22q11 syndromes?
truncus arteriosus
tetrology of fallot
Down syndrome cardiac associations
ASD. VSD. PDA. Atrioventricular canal.
congenital rubella cardiac associations
ASD. VSD. PDA.
Turner's syndrome cardiac associations
coarct
Marfan's syndrome cardiac associations
aortic insufficiency / regurg
diabetic mother cardiac associations
transposition of great vessels
aortic arch baroreceptors travel via
CN X
carotid sinus baroreceptors travel via
CN IX
atheromata
= atherosclerotic plaque
xanthoma
deposits of lipid-laden histiocytes
most common site of tendonous xanthoma
Achilles
Monckeburg arteriosclerosis
benign artery calcification, usually radial or ulnar
most common site for atherosclerosis
abdominal aorta
coronary artery
popliteal artery
carotid artery
functions of NO
vasodilator
inhibit platelet aggregation
antiinflammatory
homocysteine is a biomarker for:
Atherosclerosis

(oxidative stress
vascular inflammation
platlet adhesiveness)
How does estrogen mediate atherosclerosis risk?
decreases LDL increases HDL
Normally protective, but HRT actually increases risk
red (hemorrhagic) infarct organs
lung
intestine
liver
pale infarct organs
brain
heart
kidney
spleen
stable angina symptoms
chronic angina pectoris, onset with exertion, relieved by rest
stable angina EKG findings
temporary ST depression. no permanent heart damage.
Prinzmetal angina definition
variant angina pectoris without atherosclerosis
Prinzmetal angina EKG findings
transient ST elevation
definition of Syndrome X
stable angina pectoris without atherosclerosis
xerostomia (definition)
dry mouth
stunned myocardium (defn)
prolonged dysfunction after return of normal blood flow
hibernating myocardium (def)
Chronic dysfunction w no blood flow
best biomarker for MIs
troponins
Components of AV canal.
ASD. VSD. Incomplete leaflets.
holosystolic high-pitched "blowing murmur"
mitral regurg
crescendo-decrescendo systolic ejection murmur, sometimes with ejection click.
aortic stenosis. pulmonic stenosis. (distinguish based on location and if changes occur on inspiration.)
holosystolic murmurs
mitral regurg.
tricuspid regurg.
VSD.
late systolic murmur with midsystolic click.
mitral prolapse (or tricuspid)
high-pitched "blowing" diastolic murmur
aortic regurg
Opening snap and late diastolic murmur rumbling.
Mitral stenosis
How to distinguish mitral stenosis and tricuspid stenosis
Tricuspid gets louder with inspiration
How to distinguish btwn aortic and pulmonic stenosis?
pulmonic stenosis OS becomes quieter with inspiration
continuous machinelike murmur
PDA
most common primary cardiac tumor in adults
myxoma
most common primary cardiac tumor in children , and what is it assoicated with?
rhabdomyomas (associated with tuberous sclerosis)
most common heart tumor
metastases
Virchow's Triad
stasis
hypercoagulability
endothelial damage
electrical artenans
cardiac tamponade
bacterial endocarditis; clinical
Fever. Roth's Spots. Osler's nodes. Murmur, new. Janeway lesions. Anemia. Nail-bed hemorrhage. Emboli.
Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
Lupus. Mitral valve stenosis. Vegetations on both sides of the valve.
acute bacterial enocarditis organism
Strep aureus
subacute bacterial endocarditis organism
viridans streptococcus
Aschoff bodies
rheumatic heart diseases
Anitschkow's cells
rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatic heart disease infection
group A beta-hemolytic strep
most common valves affected by rheumatic heart disease
mitral > aortic >> tricuspid
SKIPPED: pericarditis p 236
prostacyclin (PGI2)
vasodilation
ACh
vasodilation
IF endothelial dysfunction -> opposite
EDHF
vasodilation
Endothelin 1
vasoconstriction
majority of ASDs are this type
secundum
parasternal lift indicates..
dilated RV
cor pulmonale
RVH
Kussmaul Sign - definition
paradoxical JVD on inspiration
Kussmaul Sign - diseases
Constrictive pericarditis
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Fixed Splitting
ASD
Wide Splitting
pulmonic stenosis
RBBB
Paradoxical Splitting
LBBB
Advanced aortic stenosis
sustained systolic impulse is palpable equivalent of
S4
severe chest pain boring to the back
aortic dissection
Link: stable angina, unstable, variant, syndrome X
Stable angina : Syndrome X ::
Unstable Angina : Variant
Post-MI, neutrophils appear
1-3 days
Post-MI, macrophages appear
3-10 days
Post-MI, granulation tissue appears
14 days
Post-MI, scarring occurs
> 3 mo
Post-MI, yellow softening occurs
~10 days
Angiotensin II Function
Sodium Reabsorption
Vasoconstriction
Heart Contractility / Hypertrophy
Aldosterone
Sympathetic
Thirst
Vasopressin
Increase K excretion
Aldosterone function
Na retention
Intravascular volume
Chronic pressure overload causes ___ hypertrophy
concentric
Chronic volume overload ____ hypertrophy
eccentric
aortic regurg: primary hemodynamic abnormality?
LV Pressure and Volume Overload
dilated cardiomyopathy: Primary hemodynamic abnormality?
LV Volume overload
aortic stenosis: primary hemodynamic abnormality?
LV Pressure Overload
Mitral regurg: primary hemodynamic abnormality?
LV Volume Overload
parasternal lift indicates
RV Hypertrophy or dilatation
oligemia
hypovolemia
Kussmaul
Constrictive pericarditis
Cardiac tamponade
+++ pulsus paradoxus
no y descent
cardiac tamponade
no apical impulse
severe pulmonary HTN
palpable presystolic impulse
S4
parasternal lift
RV Hypertrophy
precordial heave
RV Hypertrophy
global ST elevation
acute pericarditis
Left axis deviation
Inferior wall MI
Left anterior fasciular block
LVH (sometimes
Right axis deviation
RVH
Acute right heart strain (massive PE)
Left posterior fasciular block
rheumatic fever
mitral stenosis
viral myocarditis causes...
dilated cardiomyopathy
bifid pulse
Chronic Aortic regurg
HOCM
pulsus alternans
low CO
somatomedin
Generated when GH acts on target tissues. Inhibits GH release.
small cell carcinoma of lung often causes
ectopic ACTH secretion
SIADH
orphan annie nuclei w psammoma bodies
papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
thyroid: infiltrates of lymphocytes w germinal center formation
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Conn syndrome
too much aldosterone
Addison disease
low aldosterone and cortisol
osteitis fibrosa cystica
hyperparathyroidism
insulitis is speciic for
Type I Diabetes
amylin deposition in pancreatic islets is specific for
Type II diabetes
insulinoma causes
Whipple Triad
- hyperinsulinemia / hypoglycemia
- CNS dysfunction
- reversible CNS dysfunction w glucose
anastrazole
[mech]
Aromatase inhibitor.

[Clinical]
metastatic breast tumor.
flutamide
[clinical]
Prostate carcinoma

[mech]
Competitive inhibitor at testosterone receptor
Kallman syndrome
[Clinical]
Delayed puberty and Anosmia. Central hypogonadism.

Sometimes associated with midline defects.

[Mech]
Failure of migration of GnRH producing neurons from olfactory placode (outside CNS) to hypothalamus.
diabetes insipidus is caused by
lack of ADH or no renal response to ADH.
Hirschprung's disease
Absence of colonic enteric innervation in parts of GI tract.

[First AID]
* Failure of neural crest migration.
* Assoc. Down's syndrome.
* Constipation early in life.
neurocrines
VIP
relaxation of smooth muscle, secretin-like actions

GRP
gastrin release-Vagus

Enkephalins
contraction of smooth muscle
inhibit intestinal secretion of fluid / electrolytes
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
gastrinoma
Metabolism of 1 g / protein produces
4 calories
Metabolism of 1 g / fat produces
9 calories
Sjogren's syndrome
1. Dry Eye / Conjunctivitis
2. Dry mouth / Dysphagia
3. Rheumatoid Arthritis
Crohn disease
Chronic inflammatory condition, any part of GI tract. Usually terminal ileum and colon, and small intestine.
Spares rectum.

Transmural inflammation.
Skip lesions.
Cobblestone appearance.
Creeping wall fat.
Bowel wall thickening ("string sign" on barium swallow).
Noncaseating granulomas.

20-30 yo most common.

Tx: Corticosteroids
Merkel diverticulum
Remnant of embryonic vitelline duct in the distal small bowel. Main contain gastric, duodenal, colonic, or pancreatic tissue. Most common congenital anomaly in GI tract!


[Clinical]
Usually asymptomatic.
Ulceration / Perforation.
Intussusception.
Volvulus (twisting of GI tract)

[Rule of 2's]
2 inches long.
2 feet from ileocecal valve.
2% of population.
Presents in first 2 years of life.
May have 2 types of epithelia. (e.g. gastric + pancreatic)
Peutz Jegher syndrome
Hamartomous polyps in colon, small intestine.

Melanic accumulation in mouth, lips, hands, genitalia.

Increased ropensity for colon adenocarcinoma, and cancer overall.
tubular adenoma
Most common adenomatous polyp. Small and pedunculated.
Contains malignant polyps, most lkely to go to adenocarcinoma.
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome
The one with esophageal webbing.
(Super Mario meets Spiderman)

1. Dysphasia
2. Glossitis
3. Iron deficiency anemia
Zenker diverticullm
Herniation at pharynx / esphagus junction.
False diverticulum.

1. Halitosis
2. Dysphagia
3. Obstruction
duodenal atresia
[TOW] "double bubble"

Early vomiting.
Due to failure of recanalization of small bowel.

meconium ileus
[TOW] meconium plug, cystic fibrosis.
low ceruloplasmin
Wilson's disease
Gardner's syndrome
Familial adenomatous polyposis, WITH

Bone/Soft Tissue Tumors
Retinal Hyperplasia
Turcot's Syndrome
Familial adenomatous polyposis, WIT

Brain involvement (glioblastoma)
"olive mass" with projectile vomiting at 2 weeks of age
congenital pyloric stenosis
Whipple's disease
[TOW] malabsorption due Tropheryma whippelli

[Clin]
Arthralgia
Cardiac/Neurologics
Older men

[Dx]
PAS-positive macrophages in intestinal lamina propria, mesenteric nodes
Menetrier's disease
[TOW] big rugae

[1AID]
Gastric hypertrophy with protein loss.
Parietal Cell atrophy.
Lots mucous cells.
Precancerous.
Type A gastritis affects
fundus
Type B gastritis affects
antrum
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
[TOW] syndrome produced by occlusion of IVC or hepatic vein

Ab Pain
Jaundice
Hepatosplenomegaly
Gilbert syndrome
[TOW] you have crappy bilirubin uptake in the liver, and lousy glucoronyl transferase

Elevation of unconjugated bilirubin.
NO CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES.
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
[TOW] You have no glucuronyl transferase.

Dubin-Johnson
[TOW] broken bilirubin transport
MAP kinase pathway
SOS
GDP
RAF
MAP Kinase
delta-aminolevulinic acid is high in this disorder, and required this cofactor
Lead poisoning.

Requires pyridoxical phosphate.
Heart - patchy necrosis with granulation tissue
ischemic damage
Sarcoidosis
GRAIN

Gammaglobulinemia
Rheumatoid arthritis
ACE elevated serum levels
Interstitial fibrosis
Noncaseating granulomas
Reiter's syndrome symptoms
"Can't pee, see, or climb a tree"
1. Conjunctivitis and anterior uveitis
2. Urethritis
3. Arthritis

Post-GI or chlamyid infections.
No RF. Associated with HLA-B27. More in men.
C1 esterase inhibitor
Normally inhibits both C1 and kallikrein. Leads to angioedema if deficient.
killed vaccines result in this kind of immunity
humoral imunity only
live attenuated vaccines induce this kind of immunity
humoral and cell mediated
killed polio vaccine
Salk
ataxia-telangiectasia
Ataxia
Abnormal eye movement
Ocular telangiectasias
Radiation sensitivity
Diabetes
Repeated lung infections
High risk for malignancy

Mechanism: Broken DNA repair enzymes
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
Triad:
1. Skin rash (palpable purpura)
2. Arthralgia
3. GI - pain, hemorrhage, melan
1. Polymorphous skin eruption
2. Strawberry tongue
3. cervical lymphadenopathy
4. Edema in hands/feet
5. Desquatmation of fingers/toes
Kawasaki's disease
1. Necrotizing granulomas in lungs / upper airways
2. Necrotizing glomerulonephritis.
3. Sinusitis/rhinitis
Wegener's granulomatosis
Churg-Strauss Syndrome
p-ANCA

Granulomatous vasculitis
eosinophilia
c-ANCA is a marker for
Wegener's granulomatosis
p-ANCA is a marker for
Churg-Strauss
Microscopic polyangiitis
pulseless disease aka
Takayasu's arteritis
Takayasu's arteritis clinical
"FAN MY SKIN on Wednesday"

Fever
Arthritis
Night sweats
Myalgia
SKIN Nodules
Ocular disturbances
Weak pulses on upper extremities
Giant Cell Arteritis
1. Headache
2. Visual disturbances
3. Polymyalgia rheumatica

ELDERLY FEMALES
Buerger's disease
* Small and medium vessles.
* SMOKERS

Symptoms
1. Intermittent claudication
2. Superficial nodular phlebitis
3. Raynaud's
4. Pain
Leads to gangrene

Treatment
1. Stop smoking
Eczema
Recurrent infections
Thrombocytopenia purpura
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

Remember "Rich" Low IgM
High IgA
What do Th1 cells make?
IL-2, IFN-gamma
What do Th2 cells make?
IL-4, IL-5
What do macrophages make?
IL-1
IL-6
IL-8
IL-12
TNF
IFNα
What do B cells make?
Igs
IFNalpha
IL-12
Chronic granulomatous disease is deficient in this enzyme
NADPH Oxidase (or similar)
myeloperoxidase deficiency
similar to chronic granulomatous disease
DiGeorge syndrome
Aberrant development of 3rd/4th branchial arches
B-cells normal.
T-cell lmphopenia

Clinical: Recurrent viral/fungal infections, sometimes tetany from hypocalcemia
Tree-bark ascending aorta
tertiary syphilis
"flea-bitten"kidneys
petechial hemorrhages on kidneys, probably from maligant hypertension
Takayasu arteritis
"pulseless disease"
Med/Large Arteritis
* Granulomatous thickening of aortic arch, proximal great vessels
* Females < 40 yo

SF WOMAN
Skin nodules
Fever
Weak pulse
Ocular
Myalgia
Arthritis
Night sweats
Kawasaki disease
Small/medium vasculitis
Branches of the coronary arteries affected

1. Strawberry tongue
2. Cervical lymphadenopathy
3. Polmorphous skin eruption
4. Edema in hands/feet
5. Desquamation in fingers, toes

Complication: CORONARY ANEURYSM
croup bug
paramyxovirus
sarcoidosis symptoms
GRAIN

Gammaglobulinemia (+ hypercalcemia)
Rheumatoid arthritis?
ACE Increase
Interstitial fibrosis
Noncaseating granulomas (Th1)
Kartagener syndrome
sinusitis
bronchiectasis
situs inversus
primary ciliary dyskinesia
bronchiectasis
Permanent abnormal bronchial dilatation
Major chemical mediator for bronchospasm in allergic asthma
LTD4 (leukotriene D4)
bosentan
Vasodilator
Competitive antagonist of endothelin receptors.

Treat: Pulmonary HTN
Gram + lancet shaped diplococci
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Opportunistic fungal infections
Candida albicans
Aspergillus fumigatus
Cryptococcus neoformans
Mucor and Rhizopus spp.
Pneumocystis jiroveci

Can asps cry mucus? Rise pneumo!
cherry red epiglottitis
haemophilus influenzae
What bugs cause Secondary bacterial pneumonia after influenza infection in >65 yo
1. Strep pneumonia
2. Staph aureus
3. Haemophilus influenzae
alkaline phosphatase is a marker for
osteoblast activity. bile duct.

Paget disease
Osteosarcoma
McCune Albright
multiple unilateral bone lesions
precocious puberty
cafe au lait spots
high erum creatinine kinase
Duchene Muscular Dystrophy
Becker muscular dystorphy
edrophonium
test for myasthenia gravis, blocks acetyl cholinesterase
increased hat size
Pagets disease of bone
Adolescent.
Codman triangle. (periosteal lift)
Spiculated "sunburst" on x-ray.
Pain, swelling, fracture around knee.
osteosarcoma
acanthosis
thickening of epidermis
psoriasis pathology
Silvery scaling plaques and papules.
Acanthosis with parakeratototic scaling.
More stratum spinosum.
Less stratum granulosum.
Autoimmune.
acantholysis
epidermal cells separate
hyperkeratosis
stratum corneum thicening
sacral agenesis, bilateral flaccid paralysis, absent ankle reflexes
caudal regression syndrome (often from uncontrolled maternal diabetes)
ulcer with central black eschar surrounded by edema. vesicular papule.
anthrax
Percentages within Standard deviations of mean
68% 1 deviation
95% 2 deviation
99.7% 3 deviations