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Micro Quiz 1
Micro Quiz 1 NWHSU
Question | Answer |
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What immunity has: immediate reaction, fast response, aka 1st line of defense? | Innate Immunity |
Give some examples of innate immunity? | Macrophages, Mucous, Nose hair, NON-SPECIFIC, skin |
What immunity takes time to develop, slow? | Acquired immunity |
Give some examples of acquired immunity? | B-cells, cytotoxic cells, helper T cells, immunologic memory cells, vaccines, SPECIFIC |
Define first line of defense? | INNATE immunity- (1)Physical barriers (skin/mucous)(2)Chemical barriers |
Define second line of defense? | INNATE immunity (NON-specific)- (1)Phagocytic cells, regulated cells, leukocytes (2)Biochemical responses (complement, inflammation) |
Define third line of defense? | Acquired immunity |
What are the 3 specific immune cells? | T-lymphocyte, B-lymphocyte, plasma cell |
What are dendritic cells? | Present in skin at birth but similar to macrophages) |
Basophils stain? | Stain blue with basic dye methylene blue |
Eosinophils stain? | Stain red/orange with the acidic dye eosin |
Neutrophils stain? | Stain lilac with a mixture of acidic and basic dyes |
Monocytes do what? | Leave the blood and mature into macrophages *Agranulocytes |
What are 4 Monocytes and where are they found? | (1)Langerhans cells-epidermis (2)Alveolar macrophages-lungs (3)Microglia-CNS (4)Kupffer cells-liver |
Lymphocytes do what? | Most involved in specific immunity (3rd line of defense) *Agranulocytes |
Allergies and parasitic worm infections increase what? | Increase eosinophil count |
Bacterial diseases increase what? | Increase leukocyte count |
Viral infections increase what? | Increase lymphocyte |
Define Eosinophils 2nd line of defense? | Mainly attack parasitic helminthes by attaching to their surface. Secrete toxins that weaken or kill the helminth *NONphagocytic killing* |
What are the 5steps in phagocytosis that occur in 2nd line of defense? | (1)Chemotaxis (2)Adherence (3)Ingestion (4)Phagosome maturation/microbe killing (5)Elimination |
Define Natural killer lymphocytes 2nd line of defense ? | Secrete toxins onto the surface of virally infected cells and tumors *NON phagocytic* |
Define Neutrophils during 2nd line of defense? | Can generate reactive oxygen species & NET (neutrophil extracellular traps) |
In Nonspecific chemical defense, lysozyme do what? | Lyses peptidoglycan (-polysaccharide in bacterial cell wall) |
In Nonspecific chemical defense, Defensins do what | Inflammation increase the production of defensing & acts against pathogens in various ways |
What are the ways in which defensins behave? | (1)punch holes in microbial (2)inhibits specific metabolic activity (3)inhibit intracellular signaling (4)inhibit heat-stress proteins |
These receptors are transmembrane signal receptor proteins that are found in many cells of the immune system and cells that are NOT part of the immune system, recognize PAMPs? | Toll-like receptors |
These receptors also recognize PAMPs, found inside the cell, trigger inflammation & apoptosis? | NOD proteins (nucleotide binding) |
What are some various types of pyrogens in relation to fever? | Fragments of microorg, bacterial toxins, IL-1, INF-gamma, antibody-antigen complex |
Benefits of fever include? | Enhances effects of interferon's, inhibits growth of some microorg, may enhance performance of phagocytes, cells of specific immunity, process of tissue repair |
This results when chemical substance called ___ trigger the hypothalamus to increase the bodys core temp (fever) | Pyrogen |
What cytokine singles among leukocytes? | Interleukins (ILs) |
What cytokine is an antiviral and anticancer protein that may act as cytokines? | Interferons (IFNs) |
What cytokine are proteins that stimulate stem cells to divide, maintaining an adequate supply of leukocytes? | Growth factors |
What cytokine secreted by macrophages and Tcells to kill tumor calls and regulate immune responses and inflammation? | Tumor necrosis factors (TNFs) |
What cytokine signal leukocytes to go to a site of inflammation or infection and stimulate other leukocytes? | Chemokines |
Antigens are recognized by specific or nonspecific? | SPECIFIC |
Antigens interact with? | Antibodies, Bcells & Tcells receptors |
What lymphocyte arises and matures in red bone marrow, found in spleen/lymph nodes/MALT? | B lymphocytes |
What are the major functions of Blymphocytes? | Antibody productions, immunologic memoryy, regulation of the immune response |
AKA as immunoglobulins (Ig). They are soluble, proteiancceous molecules that bind antigen? | Antibodies |
Antibodies are responsible for what 7 things? | 1-Neutralization 2-Opsonization 3-Oxidation 4-Aggultination 5-Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity 5-Stimulation of inflammation 6-Activation of complement |
How does Opsonization function? | Talks to 2nd line of defense |
How does oxidation function? | Antibodies_bacterial cells=reactive oxygen species |
How does Agglutination work? | Taking mobility away |
HOw does antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity work? | Natural killer lymphocytes up regulated |
How does stimulation of inflammation work? | Leads to attraction of phagocytic cells which leads to elimination of pathogens |
What are the 5 classes of Immunoglobulins? | 1-IgG 2-IgA 3-IgM 4-IgE 5-IgD |
Where is IgG & IgE located? | Serum, mast cell surfaces |
Where is IgA located? | (Monomer)Serum, (Dimer)tears, milk, saliva-mucus membrane secretions |
Where is IgM located? | Serum, B cell surfaces |
Where is IgD located? | B cell surface |
Where do Tlympocytes originate? | Red bone marrow and mature in the thymus |
Where do Tlympocytes circulate? | In the lymph and blood->migrate to the lymph nodes, spleen, and peyers patches |
T/F: Tlympocytes are cell mediated immune response? | True |
Helper Tcells (TH, Th, T4, CD4) secrete? | Various cytokines |
Th1 modulate ___ Tcell response and are associated with interleukin __ | Cytotoxic / 2 |
Th2 modulate ___ immune response and are associated with interleukin__ | Humoral / 4 |
Major histocompatibility complex communicates (binds to) with? | T cells |
MCH-I is distributed to? | All nucleated cells |
MHC-I functions? | Presentation of intracellular antigens |
MCH-I outcomes? | Increase Tc response, self recognition, transplant rejection |
MCH-II is distributed to? | Antigen presenting cells, macrophages, dendritic, Blymphocytes |
MCH-II functions? | presentation of foreign antigens to Tlymphocytes |
MCH-II outcomes? | Increase humoral immune response (and possible increase in Tc response) |
___ plays a major role in presenting self antigens | MCH-I |
Define clonal deletion? | Lymphocytes editing by clonal deletion via apoptosis |
Define cell-Mediated immune response? | Targets cells containing intracellular pathogens (mainly viruses and bacteria) |
Primary response of immunological memory, IgM appears how many days later? | 5-7 days |
Primary response of immunological memory, IgG appears how many days later? | Day 15 |
Primary response of immunological memory, when does humeral response appear? | Almost 2 weeks later |
The natural active acquired immunity involves? | Immunological memory due to change encounter |
The natural passive acquired immunity involves? | Antibodies but NO memory, IgG-thru placenta, IgA-thru mothers milk |
The artificial active acquired immunity involves? | Immunological memory do to vaccination- injection of an antigen |
The artificial passive acquired immunity involves? | Injection of antibody, NO memory |
Define active immunization? | Injection of antigen->immunologic memory |
Define passive immunization? | Injection of antibodies->NO immunologic memory |
What are the 3 types of vaccines? | 1-Attenuated 2-Inactive(killed) 3-Toxoid |
Attenuated vaccines are also called? | Modified live vaccines. |
Attenuated vaccines contain? | Replicating microbes that can stimulate a strong immune response due to the large number of antigen molecules |
Advantage of attenuated vaccine? | Vaccinated individuals can infect those around them "contact immunity" |
3 Disadvantages of attenuated vaccine? | 1-May retain enough virulence to cause disease 2-Not for prego's 3-Modified viruses may revert back to mild types |
Define inactivated whole agent vaccines? | Reactivated (killed) micfroorganism |
Define inactivated subunit vaccines? | Fragments of microorganisms |
4 disadvantages with inactivated vaccines? | 1-May stimulate inflammatory response 2-Antigenically weak 3-formaldehyde is commonly used to inactivate microbes 4-High/mult doses may produce allergic reaction |
Advantage of inactivated vaccines? | 1-Safer than live vaccines 2-cant replicate or mutate virulent form |
T/F: IN inactivated vaccines, administration in high or multiple does, with adjuvant can make the vaccine more effective? | TRUE |
What are adjuvants? | Substances that increase the antigenicity of the vaccine |
Common adjuvants? | Aluminum phosphate, saponin, mineral oil |
Define Toxoid vaccines? | Modified toxins-chemically/thermally/genetically |
Toxoid vaccines stimulate? | A humoral immune response |
Disadvantage of toxoid vaccine? | 1-Mult doses bc they posses few antigenic determinates |
Advantage of toxoid vaccine? | Useful for some bacterial diseases |
Protection from a disease provided to a population when pathogen cannot spread bc the majority of members of that population have immunity, known as? | Heard Immunity |
Define passive immunotherapy? | Protection from certain illness exposure to toxin-Reactive NOT preventive |
When is passive immunotherapy used? | A recent infection or ongoing disease is needed quickly |
Serum used for passive immunizations is called? | Antiserum |
Antisera may be contaminated with __ pathogens | viral |
Antibodies of antisera are __ quickly | Degraded |
Repeated injections of antisera can trigger? | an allergic response |
Many limitations of antisera have been overcome by? | Hybridomas-Monoclonal antibodies( invitro) |
What are agglutination test? | Cross linking of antibodies with particular antigens |
Define titration? | Highest dilution where precipitate is visible |
DEfine neutralization test? | test for previous exposure, immunity - detection of antibodies against specific virus |
Two neutralization test? | viral neutralization test, viral hemagglutination inhibition |
Monocytes leave the blood and mature into? | macrophages |
___most involved in specific immunity? | Lymphocytes |
Agranulocytes: Langerhans cells found in? | epidermis |
Agranulocytes: Alveolar macrophages found in? | Lungs |
Agranulocytes: Microgila found in? | CNS |
Agranulocytes: Kupffer cells found in? | Liver |
Process of 2nd line of defense, PHAGOCYTOSIS: | 1-Chemotaxis 2-adherence 3-ingestion 4-phagosome maturation and microbial killing 5-elimination |