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4 key features of lymphocytes
Circulate
Individual AG receptors in plasma membrane
Clonal proliferation
Confers memory to adaptive immune system
Two primary divisions of T-lymphocytes
Tαβ
Tγδ
Which class of T-lymphocytes is divided into CD4 and CD8?
Tαβ
Primary function of B lymphocytes
Secrete ABs
AG receptors for B lymphocytes
Membrane bound immunoglobulin
Identifying surface molecules for B lymphocytes
IgA, IgB

(AKA CD79a and CD79b)
Location of B lymphocytes in secondary lymphoid tissues
Follicles/nodules
Location of T lymphocytes in secondary lymphoid tissues
Diffuse tissue
AG receptors for T lymphocytes
TCR
What is the identifying surface molecule located on all T-lymphocytes?
CD3
What is the identifying surface molecule located on all helper T-lymphocytes?
CD-4
What is the identifying surface molecule located on all cytotoxic T-lymphocytes?
CD-8
Function of Th1 T-lymphocytes
Activate macrophages
Function of Th2 T-lymphocytes
Activate eosinophils
Function of Th17 T-lymphocytes
Activate neutrophil
Function of Tfh T-lymphocytes
Activate B lymphocytes
Which MHC class is associated with B lymphocytes?
MHC Class II
Which MHC class is associated with CD4?
II
Which MHC class is associated with CD8?
I
Primary Lymphoid Tissues (4)
- Thymus
- Bone Marrow
- Ileal Peyer's patches
- Cloacal bursa
Where do all lymphocytes originate from?
Bone marrow
Where do T lymphocytes mature?
Thymus in all species
Where do B lymphocytes mature in the bird?
Cloacal bursa
Where do B lymphocytes mature in primates and rodents?
Bone marrow
Where do B lymphocytes mature in ruminants, pigs, and dogs?
Ileal Peyer's patches
Secondary Lymphoid tissues (3)
- Spleen
- MALT
- Lymph nodes
Function of the spleen
Filters blood-borne AGs
Function of MALT
Filters AGs entering at mucosal surfaces
Function of lymph nodes
Filters AGs in lymphatics
Where are B lymphocytes generally found?
Nodular/follicular structures
Where are T lymphocytes generally found?
Diffuse lymphatic tissue
What type of lymphocytes circulate between blood and secondary lymphoid tissues?
Naive
Where do mature memory lymphocytes generally go?
Back to the tissue they were activated in
MALT stands for?
Mucousal Activated Lymphatic Tissue
Where does the problem with maturation of lymphocytes come from?
Rearrangement of receptor genes is somewhat random, allowing for self recognition by accident
Name for the process of selecting against self-recognition T-lymphs
'Negative selection'

Anything that tests strongly against self dies.
Three possibilities of positive selection in T lymphocytes
CD 4
CD 8

Death
Four possibilities of negative selection in T lymphocytes
Th
Tc
Treg
Death