1st Line of Defense
2nd Line of Defense Innate Immunity
1) Defensive Cells i.e. phagocytes, mast cells, basophils and natural killer cells
2 Inflammation and fever
3) Antimicrobial substances and Interferons
3rd Line of Defense aka Adaptive Immunity
Natural Killer Cells
How does inflammation fight invading pathogens?
Confines and destroys microbes and initiates tissue repair
Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs)3 MOAs
AMP Glycoproteins produced by Lung Tissue
1) Collectins - Surfactant proteins A through D (opsonize pathogens)
2) Mannose-binding lectin (binds sugars found on microbe surfaces and Activates Complement System
Normal Flora
Granuloma
In presence of chronic inflammation, the immune system walls off infectious organisms, which may calcify overtime (i.e. fungal or TB infection in lungs)
3 Plasma Protein Systems in Inflammation
1) Compliment System - Signals immune system, opsinizes microbes, destroys pathogens
2) Clotting System - Activates platelets/fibrin and limits spread of damage/infx
3) Kinin System - Produces bradykinin which enhances inflammation and vasodiation
4 molecules involved in healing and tissue repair after acute inflammation?
1) IFN-y activates macrophages
2) TGF-β stimulates fibroblast growth
3 and 4) VEGF and FGF-2 - Angiogenic Factors that stimulate endothelial and fibroblast growth
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Cytokines
1) Interleukins (ILs)
2) TNF-α
3) TGF-β
4) Interferons
Interleukins (ILs)
TNF-α
TGF-β
- Induces cell division & differentiation
Interferons
Cellular Products of Inflammation
1) Histamines
2) Leukatrienes
3) Protaglandins
4) Platelet Agregating Factor
Histamines
Leukatrienes
Protaglandins
Platelet Agregating Factor
- Activates platelets & has same effect as Leukotrienes
Effects of Histamine on the following cells:
1) Smooth Muscle Cell
2) Endothelial Cell
3) Neutrophil
4) Mast Cell
5) Parietal Cell of Stomach Mucosa
1) Smooth Muscle Cell and Endothelial Cell - Contraction
Bronchoconstriction, edema, vasodilation
2) Neutrophil and Mast Cell - Neutrophil migration and Enhanced inflammation
3) Parietal Cell of Stomach Mucosa - Secretion of gastric acid
Eosinophils