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1
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What happens in the first week of the primary immune response?

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  1. Recognition of antigen
  2. Activation by helper T cells. Formation of a primary focus
  3. Differentiation to short-lived plasma cells
2
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What is a primary focus?

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A pool of B cells resulting from the proliferation of antigen activated B cells over the course of about 3-4 days

3
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What do short-lived plasma cells produce?

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IgM to clear the infection

4
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In the second week of the primary immune response, what steps are taken to protect against future infections with the same pathogen?

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Development of antibodies with a new heavy chain isotype and with a higher affinity for epitopes derived from the original pathogen
Development of memory B-cells and long lived plasma cells

5
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How many days are there before an immune response can be seen for the first time? Second time?

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7-10

3-5

6
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what is the outcome of signal one in the first week of the primary immune response?

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Prepares B cells for collaboration with effector helper T cells

7
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What is formed in the second week of a primary immune response?

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Germinal centers

8
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What is a germinal center?

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A site of B cell proliferation in the B cell area of secondary lymphoid tissues

9
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What are the functions of germinal centers?

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Isotype switching
Somatic hypermutation
Differentiation into either antibody-secreting long-lived plasma cells or memory B cells

10
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What does isotype switching allow for?

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Efficient elimination of the pathogen

11
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What happens in the process of somatic hypermutation?

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Point mutations are generated in the variable region of the heavy chain and light chain genes
B cells in the germinal center are then elected for high affinity recognition of the original antigen epitope

12
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What does somatic hypermutation allow for?

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Efficient recognition of the pathogen

13
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What does germinal center differentiation into either antibody-secreting long-lived plasma cells or memory B cells allow for?

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Protection from reinfection and disease

14
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What will long-lived plasma cells do?

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Migrate to the bone marrow and secrete the higher affinity and isotype switched antibody that is observed during the later part of the immune response

15
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What will memory B cells do?

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Maintain surveillance of secondary lymphoid tissues

16
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What characteristics of the antibody response will be helpful in preventing disease from the same pathogen?

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  1. The antibody response occurs more rapidly
  2. Antibody levels will be higher than the level attained with the primary response
  3. The antibodies produced will have a higher affinity for the antigen epitope
  4. The antibody will consist of an isotype different from IgM
17
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What are the 2 types of antigens encountered by B cells?

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Thymus-dependent protein antigens

Thymus-independent non-protein antigens

18
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What do thymus-dependent protein antigens require?

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T cell help for B cell proliferation and differentiation

19
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What can the repeated epitopes of thymus-independent antigens do?

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Engage a number of B cell receptors

20
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What is the multitude of signals with the thymus-independent antigen sufficient to do?

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Induce B cell proliferation and differentiation to short lived plasm cells secreting IgM
This results in an early IgM response to an infection

21
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Describe mature naive B cells

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Diverse repertoire of antibody specificities–respond to thymus-dependent antigens
Require T cell help for activation
Located in secondary lymphoid tissues
Recirculate between the blood and lymphatics

22
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Describe marginal zone B cells

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Respond to pathogens in the blood
Differentiate to short-lived plasma cells secreting IgM
Located in the marginal zone of the spleen where blood is filtered

23
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Describe B1 B cells

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Respond to pathogens entering the major body cavities
Differentiate into short lived plasma secreting IgM
Located in the peritoneal and pleural cavities

24
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What does IgM do?

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Protects the bloodstream

25
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What does IgG do?

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Protects the bloodstream, extracellular spaces in tissues, and lymphatics

26
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Describe IgA: Where is it? What does it do?

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First line of defense
Present in mucous secretions
Protects epithelial surfaces

27
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What does IgE do?

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Second line of defense behind IgA

Stimulates an inflammatory response

28
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What does IgD do?

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Participates as a BCR on naive B cells

29
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In what general ways do antibodies clear infections with extracellular pathogens and their products?

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Focus defense mechanisms onto the pathogen itself–the antibody links that pathogen with the leukocytes and plasma proteins that will eliminate it

30
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What do phagocytes express?

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Fc receptors for antibody bound to a pathogen

Complement for C3b bound to a pathogen

31
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When is the effector function of IgM produced?

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In the primary response to an infection

32
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Is IgM recognized by Fc receptors of phagocytes?

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No

33
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How does IgM clear an infection?

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It is a very potent activator of complement

It is specialized to activate complement efficiently upon binding to the pathogen

34
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What is C1q?

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The first component of the classical pathway of complement activation

35
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What must C1q do to become activated?

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Bind to 2 or more antibody heavy chains, which requires multiple molecules of IgG bound to the pathogen

36
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What are the main effector functions of IgG?

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Neutralization*
Opsonization*
Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)

37
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What is neutralization?

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Antibodies can prevent infection by coating the surface of a pathogen and therefore prevent the pathogen from binding to healthy cells

38
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What is an opsonin?

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A substance that enhances phagocytosis

39
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What is involved with opsonization?

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Macrophages and neutrophils

40
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What is involved with ADCC?

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NK cells

41
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What do NK cells do in ADCC?

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They use their Fc receptors to bind to antibody-coated cells, which they kill by inducing apoptosis

42
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What are the antibody coated cell recognized by NK cells?

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Virus infected cells

Tumor cells

43
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When is the IgA isotype formed?

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After a primary response to a pathogen that invaded the body through the internal epithelial linings

44
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What secretes IgA?

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Long lived plasma cells

45
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How does IgA provide the first line of defense against reinfections?

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IgA is present in mucus secretions that cover the internal epithelial lining of the body

46
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How does IgA protect the epithelial surfaces?

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Neutralization

47
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Does the IgA dimer activate complement?

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No

48
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What does the primary response to parasite and some bacteria result in?

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Long lived plasma cells secreting IgE

49
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What is IgE important in?

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Reinfections with parasites that invade the internal epithelium

50
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What does IgE provide mast cells?

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The ability to sense pathogens

51
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Where are mast cells located?

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Beneath the epithelial surfaces of the skin, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal tract

52
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What do mast cells express?

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Fc receptors for IgE

53
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What happens when an antigen binds IgE on the surface of mast cells?

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The release of histamine stimulates an inflammatory response

54
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How does IgE provide a second line of defense agains reinfection with pathogens that invade the intestinal epithelium and enter the underlying tissue?

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IgE is bound to the surface of mast cells and is responsible for mast cell activation in response to pathogen invasion

55
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What do eosinophils express?

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Fc receptors for IgE

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