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Understanding the Body's Defense Against Disease

Learn about the different types of pathogenic organisms, defense mechanisms, and types of immunity in the body's fight against disease.

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Understanding the Body's Defense Against Disease

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  1. CHAPTER 43 THE BODY’S DEFENSES

  2. The Nature of Disease • Pathogenic Organisms • Genetic Disorders • Toxic Chemicals • Other Environmental Factors • Physical Damage to Organs • Nutritional Disorders

  3. Types of Pathogenic Organisms • Viruses • Bacteria • Protozoan • Fungi • Animal • Parasites

  4. Mechanisms of Disease by Pathogens • Utilization of host nutritional resources • Physical damage to host tissues • Production of toxic substances • Chromosomal and gene damage • Body cells behave abnormally

  5. envelope capsid nucleic acid Viruses

  6. cell wall plasma membrane cytoplasm circular DNA Bacteria

  7. Defense Mechanisms • External defense • Internal Defense • Immune Defense

  8. 1st Line of Defense • Skin acts as barrier to microbes and viruses • - sweat has a low pH • Mucus traps foreign particles • Tears • - Lysozyme has antimicrobial action • Gastric stomach acid

  9. epidermis sebaceous glands sweat gland Body Coverings: The Skin

  10. mucus cilia columnar epithelium Body Coverings: Mucous Membranes

  11. 2nd Line of Defense • Phagocytic cells (WBCs) • N L M E B • Natural Killer (NK) Cells: attack virus infected cells • Inflammatory Response • Antimicrobial proteins • Lysozyme • Interferon • Antibodies

  12. Nonspecific Phagocytosis Neutrophils Monocytes Eosinophils

  13. Mechanism of Phagocytosis Mechanism of Phagocytosis Macrophage

  14. Lymphatic System

  15. Inflammatory Response Histamine & prostaglandins released Capillaries dilate Clotting begins Chemotactic factors attract phagocytic cells Phagocytes consume pathogens & cell debris

  16. Characteristics of Immunity • Recognition of self versus non-self • Response is specific • Retains a “memory” allowing an accelerated second response • Can respond to many different materials • Involves lymphocytes and antibodies

  17. Types of Immunity • Active Immunity • Naturally-Acquired Active Immunity • Artificially-Acquired Active Immunity • Passive Immunity • Naturally-Acquired Passive Immunity • Artificially-Acquired Passive Immunity

  18. Types of Acquired Immunity

  19. Active Immunity • The production of antibodies against a specific disease by the immune system. • Naturally acquired through disease • Artificially acquired through vaccination • Vaccines include inactivated toxins, killed microbes, parts of microbes, and viable but weakened microbes. • Active immunity is usually permanent

  20. A vaccinated person has a secondary response based on memory cells when encountering the specific pathogen. • Routine immunization against infectious diseases such as measles and whooping cough, and has led to the eradication of smallpox, a viral disease. • Unfortunately, not all infectious agents are easily managed by vaccination. • HIV vaccine in the works

  21. Passive Immunity • Passive Immunity- Protection against disease through antibodies produced by another human being or animal. • Effective, but temporary • Ex. Maternal antibodies • Colostrum.

  22. Passive immunity can be transferred artificially by injecting antibodies from an animal that is already immune to a disease into another animal. • Rabies treatment: injection with antibodies against rabies virus that are both passive immunizations (the immediate fight) and active immunizations (longer term defense).

  23. Immune System Response to Antigens • Humoral Immunity • Involves antibodies (secreted from B cells) dissolved in the blood plasma. • Demonstrated as a immune response using only the blood serum. • Defense against bacteria, bacterial toxins, & viruses.

  24. Immune System Response to Antigens • Cell-Mediated Immunity • Involves the activities of specific white blood cells (T cells). • Defense against cancer cells, virus-infected cells, fungi, animal parasites, & foreign cells from transplants.

  25. Lymphocyte Formation

  26. B Cells • Mature in bone marrow • Involved in humoral immunity • Once activated by antigen, proliferate into two clones of cells: plasma cells that secrete antibodiesand memory cells that may be converted into plasma cells at a later time

  27. antibodies B Cells

  28. B Cells B Cells

  29. antigen Activation of B Cells by Antigen

  30. Clonal Selection

  31. antibodies Clonal Selection plasma cells memory cells

  32. Overview of Immune System Responses

  33. Humoral Immune Response first exposure to antigen A antibody concentration time (days)

  34. Humoral Immune Response first exposure to antigen A primary response: concentration of anti-A antibody antibody concentration second exposure to antigen A time (days)

  35. secondary response: concentration of anti-A antibody first exposure to antigen B second exposure to antigen A Humoral Immune Response antibody concentration time (days)

  36. first exposure to antigen B Humoral Immune Response primary response: concentration of anti-B antibody antibody concentration time (days)

  37. Antibodies constitute a group of globular serum proteins called immunoglobins (Igs). • A typical antibody molecule has two identical antigen-binding sites specific for the epitope that provokes its production.

  38. antigen binding sites Antibody Molecule

  39. antigen binding sites antigen light chains heavy chains Antibody Molecule

  40. Basic Structure of an Antibody Molecule

  41. Mechanisms on Antibody Action • Precipitation of soluble antigens • Agglutination of foreign cells • Neutralization • Enhanced phagocytosis • Complement activation leading to cell lysis • Stimulates inflammation

  42. The binding of antibodies to antigens to form antigen-antibody complexes is the basis of several antigen disposal mechanisms.

  43. Antibody Classes IgG IgM IgA IgD IgE

  44. The classical complimentary pathway, resulting in lysis of a target cell

  45. T Cells • Mature in thymus • Involved in cell-mediated immunity • Activated when another cell presents antigen to them • Several types of T cells: cytoxic T cells, helper T cells, suppressor T cells, and memory T cells

  46. T Cells • There are two main types of T cells, and each responds to one class of MHC molecule. • Cytotoxic T cells (TC) have antigen receptors that bind to protein fragments displayed by the body’s class I MHC molecules. • Helper T cells(TH) have receptors that bind to peptides displayed by the body’s class II MHC molecules.

  47. perforin pores in target cell Cytotoxic T Cell

  48. bacterial antigens T cell receptor bacterium helper T cell macrophage Helper T Cells interleukin 1

  49. The central role of helper T cells

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