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Abbas Ch 1-5
Immunology
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Immunology
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12/15/2011

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Term
All TLRs signal thru MyD88 except?
Definition
TLR 3
Term
Give examples of PAMPs and DAMPs?
Definition

ssRNA(virus), dsRNA(virus), flagellum (bacteria), LPS(GNB), lipoteichoic acid (GPB)

 

HSPs and monosodium urate

Term

Which toll like receptors are intracellular and which are extracellular?

Which two toll like receptors form dimers with TLR 2?

Definition

TLR 3 (RNA), 7 (RNA), 8 (RNA), 9 (DNA)

TLR 1, 2 (lipopeptides, peptidoglycan), 4 (LPS), 5 (flaggelin), 6 (Lipopeptides)

TLR 1 and 6

Term
What are the four types of dendritic cells and what is the progenitor line?
Definition

Myeloid (myeloid)

Plasmacytoid (lymphoid)

Langerhan (myeloid)

Interstitial (myeloid)

Term
Give examples of activating and inhibitory receptors of NK cells and their ligands.
Definition

DAP10-NKG2D binds MIC-A and MIC-B (activating)

DAP12-CD94 binds HLA-E (activating)

NKG2A-CD94 binds HLA-E (inhibitory)

Term

Name members of the pentraxin family of proteins.

 

Name three endogenous pyogens.

Definition

CRP, SAP (acute phase reactants)

PTX3 (protects against Aspergillus fumigatus)

 

TNF, IL-1, IL-6

Term
What fragments are generated with cleavage of IgG molecules by papain and pepsin?
Definition

Fab x 2 and Fc

 

F(ab')2 and peptide fragments

Term
What is the most variable region of the Ig molecule?
Definition
CDR3 in the hypervariable region
Term
What two proteins regulate folding of an antibody ?
Definition
calnexin and BiP
Term

Name the portion of the antigen where the antibody binds.

What is the term for multiple determinants in an antigen?

What is the term for a large complex formation?

What is the results of somatic hypermutation in the variable region of antibody genes?

Definition

Determinant or epitope

Multivalency

Zone of equivalence

Affinity maturation

Term
Name 3 selectins and their ligands? Name 4 integrins and their ligands?
Definition

P-selectin and E-selectin on endothelium bind to sialyl Lewis X on leukocyte

L-selectin on leukocyte binds to PNAd on lymph node

LFA-1 (CD11aCD18) binds to ICAM1

VLA-4 (CD49aCD29) binds to VCAM1 and NCAM

Mac-1 (CD11bCD18) binds to ICAM1

alpha4beta7 binds to MadCAM1

Term
Name a few common names for chemokines and receptors
Definition
MIP-1alpha (CCL3), MIP-1beta (CCL4), RANTES (CCL5 -CCR1,3,5), eotaxin (CCL11 - CCR3), Tarc (CCL17 - CCR4), IL-8 (CXCL8 - CXCR1,2), fractalkine (CX3CL1)
Term
What are the phenotype markers for helper T cells, cytotoxic T cells, regulatory T cells, gammadelta T cells, B cells, NK cells and NKT cells?
Definition

Helper - CD3, CD4

Cytotoxic - CD3, CD8

Regulatory - CD3, CD4, CD25

Gammadelta - CD3, CD4, CD8 variable

B - Fc receptors, class II MHC, CD19, CD21

NK - CD16

NKT - CD16, CD3

Term
What are the surface protein expression of naive T cell, activated T cell, memory T cell, naive B cell, activated B cell, and memory B cell?
Definition

Naive T cell - L-selectin(CD62L), IL-7R(CD127), CCR7, CD45RA

Activated T cell - IL-2R(CD25), CD44, CD45R0

Memory T cell - IL-7R(CD127), CD44, CD45R0

Naive B cell - CXCR5

Activated B cell - CD27

Memory B cell - CD27

Term
What is needed for differentiation to Th1, Th2, Th17 and Treg cells and what cytokines stimulate these processes?
Definition

Th1 - Tbet, STAT-4, stimulated by IL-12 and IFNgamma

Th2 - GATA3, STAT-6, stimulated by IL-4

Th17 - RORgammaT, STAT-3, stimulated by IL-6, IL-1 and TGFbeta

Treg - FoxP3

Term
What causes maturation of eosinophils and dendritic cells?
Definition

IL-5

Flt3 ligand

Term
What two cytokines downregulate inflammation and induce tolerance?
Definition
IL-10 and TGF-beta
Term
These TLR are associated with these diseases
HSV encephalitis
Aspergillosis
Adrenal insufficiency
Leprosy and TB
Definition
TLR 3,7,8,9
TLR 4
TLR 2,4
TLR 2
Term
What is expressed on monocytes and what causes migration to peripheral tissue?
Definition
CD14 (component of TLR4) and CD16
VLA-4/VCAM-1
Term
What is expressed on macrophages?
What activates them?
What scytokines do they secrete?
Definition
CD14, CD11b/CD18 (Mac-1), CD36
IFNgamma, LPS
TNFalpha
Term
What activates Eosinophils?
What causes migration to tissue?
What can be used to protect the presence of these cells?
Definition
GM-CSF, IL-3 and IL-5
RANTES, eotaxin
MBP
Term
What causes hypereosinophilia?
Definition
GI, allergy, malignancy (hodgkins), skin (eczema, pemphigoid), arteritis (CVD), drug reaction, hematologist disease (hypereosinophilic syndrome, mastocytosis), lung disease (ABPA, loeffler's syndrome, eosinophilic pneumonia, churg-Strauss), parasites
Term
What attracts neutrophils to tissues?
Definition
IL-8, LTB4
Term
What is the major high-affinity phagocyte receptor?
Definition
FcgammaI (binds IgG1 and IgG3)
Term
Which receptor is involved in antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)?
ADCC by eosinophils and high affinity receptor?
Definition
FcgammaIIIA (CD16) Receptor on NK cells
FcepsilonRI (killing helminithic parasites)
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