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T Cells:Adaptive/Specific
Immunity
Immunity
Review of B cells
B cells fight antigens by producing
antibodies
 Fights antigens floating around your body
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T-Cells
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Start from hemapoietic stem
cells in bone marrow
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Travel to thymus to mature
– Thymus: organ above heart
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DOES NOT secrete antibodies
Two types of T cells
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Helper T Cells
– CD4+ cells
– Secrete signaling proteins “cytokines”
– Stimulate other cells
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Cytotoxic T cells
– CD8+ cells
– Recognize cells infected with viruses and kill
them
T Cells have Cell surface Receptors
T-Cells patrol the body cells
 Have receptor proteins on surface
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– Receptors look like B-Cell’s receptors
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Recognize specific shapes of antigens
presented by molecules called MHC
molecules
Every Body cell has MHC molecules
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MHC: Major Histocompatability
Complex
– Area of genes on chromosome 6
A protein found spanning cell
membranes
 Two types
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– Class I MHC
 Encoded by HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLAD
 On every cell
 Encoded by HLA
– Class II MHC
 Encoded by HLA-D genes
 Only on B cells and macrophages
MHC must match for Organ
Donation
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MHC genes complex most polymorphic
KNOWN to man
– Many alleles for same genes
– Thousands of different combinations
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In a study of 1000 individuals
– Only 111 people had 1 match in group
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Their job is to show all the proteins in the
cell
MHC presents peptides
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ALL proteins in a cell are
broken down
– By a proteosome into
pieces(peptides)
– Normal proteins
– Foreign proteins
Peptides are presented on
cell surfaces by MHC
 MHC has a groove like a
bun
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– Peptide is hot dog that fits
inside
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type: T helper Cells
T helper cells
– CD4+ cells
– recognize a viral protein
presented by MHC II
– Help to activate
macrophages and B-cells
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MHC II is only found on
macrophages and B-Cells
– EX. Macrophage eating
salmonella bacteria
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type: T helper Cells
Macrophage ingest
bacteria and break
down proteins
– Present on surface
with Class I MHC
molecules
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T-helper cells bind the
antigen-MHC complex
– Releases cytokines
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T helper cells release cytokines
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Special signaling proteins
Stimulate cells
– Macrophages
– B Cells
– Other T cells
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Tells Macrophages to
double in size and
strength
Tells B and other T cells
to proliferate
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type: Killer T cells
CD8+ cell
– Has CD8 proteins on them
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Cytotoxic T cells=Killer T cells
Activated by cytokines from
helper T cells
Start proliferating
Recognize antigens presented by
MHC class I
– All cells in body have class I MHC
– Recognizes cells in body that are
infected with viruses
Killer T Cells:
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Sees cell infected with virus
Kills the cell to stop virus
spreading
– A cell infected with polio virus
can release 100,000 new
viruses
– Kill it before it finishes making
viruses
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Killer T-cell punches hole in
cell membrane
– Host cell lyses open(breaks
open) and dies
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Overview
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B lymphocytes
– Antibody-Mediated
Immunity
– Produces antibodies
– 1. Plasma Cells
 Produce antibodies
– 2. Memory Cells
 Lifelong protection
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T lymphocytes
– Cell-Mediated
Immunity
– 1. Helper T cells
 Help other
lymphocytes
– 2. Killer T cells
 Kill infected virus