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These are controlled through MHCI on their surface.
Requires three activation signals:
Once activated, T-cytotoxic cells express Fas Ligand (FasL), which binds to Fas on infected cells. They then release perforins and granzymes to induce apoptosis.
Differentiate between healthy and infected cells based on surface receptors:
Interferons (IFNs) are cytokines released in response to viral infection.
When a cell is infected by a virus:
Introduction
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hello again and welcome to another video
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in this video I’m gonna talk about the
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mechanism of cellular immunity which is
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one of the four main mechanism we have
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in our body now we already looked at
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human immune response and EEMA logical
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memory now let’s go ahead and look at
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what cellular immune response is so this
What Cellular Immune Response Is
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is what you need to remember in terms of
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cellular immune response
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it’s that cellular immune response has
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something to do with killing other cells
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now which cells are their target first
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one is obviously going to be cells that
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have been infected with an intracellular
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microorganism also could be oncogenic
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cells or cancer cells and also can be
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you know transplanted cells that are not
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initially yours now why are all of these
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three the target of your cellular immune
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response the answer is the MHC one you
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can think of MHC one it’s kind of a it
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provides you a status update of the cell
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and if the peptide that the cells
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present on the MHC one it’s not
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recognized as normal it’ll be killed so
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a virus infected cell puts a fragment of
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the virus on the MHC one so it’s killed
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and oncogenic cell puts a fragment of
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the mutated amino acid for example on
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the MHC one and that is not normal and
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then that’s why it’s killed and then a
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transplanted cell of the other person’s
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normal peptide is usually foreign for
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the person receiving the organ
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now what cells are responsible to clean
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up the body from these cells first one
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is obviously going to be T cytotoxic
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lymphocytes natural killer cells are
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like of warriors of cellular immune
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response then we got macrophages these
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guys are everywhere so let’s go through
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the mechanism of each of these to see
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how they work in the cellular immune
T-Cytotoxic Lymphocytes
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response we can start with the T is a
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toxic lymphocyte these guys are the kind
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of t-cells that go hunt after sick cell
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once they’re activated and just like any
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other t-cells they need three activation
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signals to activate so the first
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activation signal so called t-cell
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receptor notice that it has cd8 instead
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of cd4 cd8 is going to dock on MHC one
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multiple
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and if you usually forget which MHC
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binds to cd4 or cd8 the way I remember
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it is that I always take the highest
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with the lowest number so cd4 is the
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lowest goes with the highest number of
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MHC which is type 2 see the 8 is the
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highest number of cd4 and cd8 so it goes
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with the lowest MHC type so cd8 with MHC
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1 and cd4 with MHC 2
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so anyways t-cell receptor with cd8 and
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it has also cd34 inducing a signal to
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the cell after it binds so that is the
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first signal it also expressed cd28 so
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they combine to b7 for the second
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activation signal the third activation
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signal involves receiving interferon
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gamma and interlocking to from an active
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T helper cell 1 and that’s why I helper
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cell 1 has some time has something to do
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with a cytotoxicity as well not just
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activated macrophages and activating
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inflammatory response th 2 however has
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more to do with B cell activation to get
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antibodies so they’re more over to the
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humoral immune response so T helper cell
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1 helps cellular immune response when it
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receives a signal it can finally
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proliferate and differentiate into
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effector T cell toxic cells so once T
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cells has been activated they start
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expressing FAS ligand what do they do
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is that you know when cells are infected
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they usually Express FAS so that when
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the T cytotoxic cell binds is gonna kill
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it by releasing preference with
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perforates the membrane and then
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Ransome’s which fragments their DNA so
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that was mainly how the T cells work
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I’ll show you a scenario later on how
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this goes
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but now let’s look at natural killer
Natural Killer Cells
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cells these cells so they’re like the
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policemen of your body they’re also able
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to recognize unhealthy from healthy
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cells and actually the fact that they
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were able to do that by their surface
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receptor which they already have on
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their surface makes them a very
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important part of the innate or natural
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immunity
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not the adaptive immunity all right keep
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that in mind the natural killer cells
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are a part of your innate immunity
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because these guys are already able to
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recognize six from from healthy cells
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and I’ll show you how you know on the
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surface of the natural killer so you’re
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gonna have something called ly 49 and
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you know normally cells Express MHC one
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right all nucleated cells in your body
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express MHC 1 and the ly 49 is going to
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bind to it and once it binds to the MHC
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1 is going to induce a negative signal
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to the natural killer cell so that
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natural killer cell doesn’t kill it
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another surface receptor it has is
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something called NK rp1 or natural
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killer receptor p1 so you know where the
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cell is virus infected and it’s and it
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puts a little fragment of the virus on
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the surface of the MHC one the thing is
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natural killer cell cannot recognize the
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peptide like a t-cell receptor can but
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all the cells in your body expresses a
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molecule on the surface which can be
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recognized by the natural killer
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receptor p1 and then that sends a
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positive signal to the cell to kill the
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cell now keep in mind that these
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molecules on the surface of the cells
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that bind to the natural killer cell
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receptor p1 are usually always present
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on the surface of your cell but once a
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cell is infected it tends to reduce the
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amount of MHC class 1 molecules on a
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surface which means less ly 49 combined
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and then again less negative signals to
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the a cell so natural killers receptor
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p1 takes over so that’s mainly how the
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natural killer cell can differentiate
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between healthy and and sick cells
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it kills depending on how many MHC class
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1 molecules a cell hasn’t surfaced and
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so now what happens the natural killer
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cell is going to release some granzymes
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which is going to kill the cell
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respectively another receptor that
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natural killer cell is going to have is
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the fast like in remember that one the
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same one has in
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Victor t-cell talks Excel remember when
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a normal cell gets infected with an
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intracellular microorganism is going to
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express FAS natural killer cells can
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recognize FAS by the FAS Ligon and then
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is going to release perforins which
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penetrates the membrane and then runs
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arms which fragments the DNA to then
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kill the cell we also have something
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called CD 16 so you know in a normal
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cell when it gets infected with a virus
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more specifically when it gets infected
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with a complex virus usually what
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happens is that the viral nucleic acid
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becomes integrated into the genome of
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the host cell right what can happen is
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that you know complex viruses gets out
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from the cell through budding right it
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just it just kind of fuses with the
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membrane this goes out usually as it
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prepares to go out through budding it
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expresses some parts of the viral
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peptides on the surface of the cell
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during that time an antibody might bind
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to the surface of the cell and what
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happens then cd16 is going to bind the
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FC region of the antibody and cd16
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actually it binds specifically to the FC
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region of of an IgG type antibody all
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right so this this type of antibody
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right here’s an IgG all right and then
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after that it performs what is called an
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antibody dependent cytotoxicity to kill
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the cell all right so now we got ly 49
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natural killer receptor p1 FAS lion and
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CD 16 it also expresses interleukin-2
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receptor which binds interlocking to and
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gets activated remember I just show you
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that the T helper cell one helps a T
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cytotoxic cell activate by releasing
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interlocking to interferon gamma here
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you can see that T helper cell can also
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activate natural killer cell by the help
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of interlocking to other things it does
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is that an active natural killer cell
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releases tumor necrosis factor-alpha
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we’ve already talked
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how much about this one every time we
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mentioned the macrophage because this
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cytokine is able to help with the
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inflammation process by you know
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activating endothelial sites by
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releasing antimicrobial proteins and
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also expressing receptors to help cells
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get to the information area tumor
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necrotic factor is also a systemic
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function that it causes fever by going
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to the hypothalamus of the brain to
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release prostaglandin e2 and cause fever
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the natural killer cell can also release
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interferon gamma I’ll talk more about
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the interference at the end of this
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video but interferon gamma has a lot of
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functions it can help cytotoxicity by
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activating more T helper cell one it can
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activate other natural killer cells and
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also macrophages and it can also
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stimulate the b-cells into releasing rgg
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so that’s those it also has an MHC one
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it’s kind of logical because remember
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MHC one is present on all nucleated
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cells and natural killer cell also has a
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nucleus or also has a messy one natural
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killer cells also have MHC type 2
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molecules it not really proven why they
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have MHC class 2 molecules because they
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are not antigen presenting cells that’s
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why I haven’t included it but if you
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read somewhere that they have MHC type 2
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it might be true I’m not sure and so
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another thing that’s really important is
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that it has the surface marker CD 56 and
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CD 16 and also has seen e2 which helps
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with adhesion acidity 6 + CD 16 our
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markers not CD 2 so that was everything
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I had for the natural killer cells at
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least now let’s play a scenario let’s
A General Scenario of Cellular Immunity
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say this virus just infected the body
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it’s either going to infect any type of
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cells you have in your body or it’s
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going to directly get eaten by an
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antigen-presenting cell when a normal
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cell gets infected in your body it may
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present a part of the virus on an MHC
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type 1 becoming what we call
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non-professional antigen presenting cell
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as it lacks be7 that’s why it’s not
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professional
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our professional antigen presenting
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cells show b7 so if it infects a normal
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cell the antigen presenting cell can’t
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phagocyte the whole cell either way it’s
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called a professional antigen presenting
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cell because it can express the
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important core stimulator receptor b7 as
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well as presenting the peptide and MHC
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class 1 or class 2 now remember at esata
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toxic cell has TCR receptor which
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includes the cd8 which binds to MHC
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class 1 and c d3 which induces an
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internal signal once it has bound this
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is the first activation signal of the CT
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cytotoxic cell the second signal is b7
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binding the cd28 the third activation
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signal comes from auntie T helper cell 1
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so we need this professional antigen
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presenting cell to kind of cross present
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this peptide in this virus and a
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dendritic cell is really really good at
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cross presenting because this cell is
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really big and has it has dendrites
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which can extend to a lot of cells and
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and activate many cells at the same time
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so while it’s trying to activate the T
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cytotoxic cell it’s also tried to
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activate the naive T helper cell and it
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does that through look it does that
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through the T cell receptor MHC 2 and
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through the b7 cd28 and it also are able
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to differentiate it into a T helper cell
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1 by releasing interlocking 12 it can
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also receive interferon gamma from
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natural killer cell 2 to get
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differentiated now that cell is
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activated after receiving the cytokines
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it needs to grow to be able to divide
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right and it does that through releasing
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interlocking 2 which sits on its own
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surface the process of releasing
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cytokines which sit on your own surface
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that process called out to clean so
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they’re interacting to has an our
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autocrine function so now it becomes a T
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helper cell 1 and the T helper cell 1
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can give the third activation signal
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tivity site
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Excel which is the interferon gamma and
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interlocking to so that the cell can
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differentiate and proliferate to an
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active T cytotoxic cell which will
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express FAS ligand now remember I told
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you that the virus infected cells
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Express FAS receptor right Nazira here
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and after that he said toxic cells has
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bound to it is going to release her
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friends whispered the membrane and it’s
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also going to release grenzen B which
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has fragments the DNA and then kills the
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cell but now we only have some
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free-floating viruses you know the T
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helper cell one it has another really
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important function of expressing cd40
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ligand which can bind to cd4 T on the
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macrophage and then together with cd4
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receiver Ligon and in different Gamma it
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activates the macrophage into engulfing
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they be remaining viruses the
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free-floating viruses now immunity to
Immunity to Viruses
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viruses can happen in two ways really
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even adaptive or innate all of this I
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just showed you involves T cells and
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when T cells are involved then we shift
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automatically to adaptive immune
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response because remember an adaptive
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immune response gives an immunological
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memory of these viruses and also produce
14:37
antibodies against it since the T cells
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are involved and I’ll talk about how
14:42
antibodies reactive viruses later in
14:44
this video
14:44
but the other main type of immunity
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against viruses is going to be what we
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call innate immune factors now there are
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three factors of the innate immunity
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that gives up a non-specific defense
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the first one is general factors you
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know viruses attacks host cells via
15:04
specific receptors right and this
15:06
partially determines which cell types
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becomes infected this is called tropism
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when they when the virus has specific
15:14
receptors on a host cell that it attacks
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and if the host cell doesn’t really have
15:21
those receptors the virus can can’t
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really infect it
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that is what we call tropism we got
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neurotropic viruses we get entero tropic
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viruses so all of those are very
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specific to what kind of cells they a
15:34
target so this factor is an example of
15:37
general factors we have for the innate
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immune response against viruses
15:41
another way is you know macrophages it
15:45
can actually release inflammatory
15:46
cytokines once activated and they will
15:50
go to the hypothalamus of the brain and
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cause fever reaction you know that when
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the temperature increases it can make
15:56
harsher environment for viruses and
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certain type of bacteria as well to live
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in so that’s also a general factor of
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the innate immune response against
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viruses fever it could also be secretary
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functions by thesis for example or
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saliva those are also a general factors
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the second type of innate immune factors
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against viruses are humoral factors you
16:20
know the complement system are all the
16:22
time released by the liver the
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complement system can also optimize the
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bacteria and help fight against it as
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well as interlocking six can also go to
16:30
the liver to cause it to release acute
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phase proteins like C reactive proteins
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or mannose binding lectin the mannose
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binding lectin protein plays an
16:39
important role in humoral defense
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against especially against the influenza
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virus infection for example keep in mind
16:46
that the man is binding lectin is a part
16:48
of the complement system the last type
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is called cellular factors and one of
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them is phagocytosis you know
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phagocytosis can happen when the type of
16:57
site just binds to the virus or even it
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can happen directly the complement
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system optimizes it or it can happen
17:03
directly if an antibody binds to it but
Interferons
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another type of cellular factors are
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what we call interference so let’s look
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at how these work the interference play
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a crucial factor in defense against
17:18
viruses and there are very important
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signal proteins released by whole cells
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often in response to several viruses so
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there are also cytokines and there are
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many interference types in our body but
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I’ll mostly talk about these three types
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in different alpha beta and gamma
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interferon alpha is also called
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leukocyte interferon because leukocytes
17:42
releases them and interferon beta is the
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fibroblast interfering because
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fibroblast releases them interferon
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gamma is the immune interferon released
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by several immune cells and we usually
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group these interference though
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according to the type of receptors
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through which they bind interferon alpha
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and beta are type 1 interference because
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they bind to specific receptors called
18:06
interferon alpha beta receptor
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interferon gamma are type 2 interference
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usually activated by interlocking 12 so
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let’s look at type 1 first and then look
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at what type type 2 is so as the cell
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gets infected by the virus the genes
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that produce interfere in alpha and beta
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are located on chromosome 9 right but
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usually on normal cells these genes are
18:30
blocked but these infected cells you
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know the virus that infected them
18:34
triggers interferon inducers to remove
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this block right here completely and
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when you remove this block it starts to
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produce in different alpha and beta so
18:46
what did they do well for one thing once
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the block is gone interfering alpha beta
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will inhibit the protein synthesis and
18:53
the DNA thens synthesis in the in the
18:56
virus infected cell to stop the virus
18:58
from replicating then it will increase
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the image see type 1 expression on all
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the cells to protect them from from from
19:07
this mess they will also promote and
19:11
activate natural killer cell to kill it
19:14
interferon alpha beta will also activate
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or actually stimulate T and B
19:19
lymphocytes so they can also help to
19:22
kill this virus and other infected cells
19:25
so at that is mostly type 1 interferon
19:28
type to interferon however remember
19:30
their interferon gamma and they could be
19:33
released by either T helper cell 1 T
19:36
cytotoxic cells and macrophages so you
19:39
know when an effector T helper cell one
19:41
releases interferon gamma
19:43
it’s going to reduce the amount of T
19:46
helper cell to we’re gonna have in the
19:47
body why is that it’s because the moment
19:51
the viral infection
19:52
habits in your body you need more
19:54
t-helper cell one that Teja Prasad – so
19:57
TL Prasad – is switched off and T helper
20:01
cell one the production increases they
20:04
also activate macrophages and natural
20:06
killer cells and also stimulate B cells
20:08
into differentiating to an IgG producing
20:11
plasma cell all of these is what the
20:15
interferon gamma does it’s released also
20:18
by an active natural killer cell and
20:20
also of an active a T cytotoxic cell now
20:23
you see these IgG immunoglobulins
20:26
remember I told you that the adaptive
20:28
immunity against viruses also casts
20:31
antibody to get released these are
20:34
produced by plasma cells and in the
20:36
first week of infection IgM is going to
20:40
be circulated around your bloodstream to
20:42
neutralize the circulating virus and I
20:44
remember the humoral immune response
20:46
when I told you that
20:47
IgM is going to be the fastest produced
20:50
antibodies because it’s produced without
20:53
the help of t-cells but then in the
20:55
during the second week after you know
20:57
all the T cells have reacted and b-cells
21:00
reacted and all that
21:02
IgG is going to be released so that’s
21:04
why rgg takes a little more time and
21:06
they are going to circulate around your
21:09
body and look for viruses and they can
21:11
also catch extravascular viruses even
21:13
when the viruses are inside the cell as
21:15
a result you can also find i GA e on the
21:19
mucosal surface to protect against
21:20
reinfection so what type of acquired
21:24
immunity do we have against viruses
21:27
there are a lifelong immunity like mises
21:30
measles for example we also have low
21:33
level immunity those are usually chronic
21:35
viral infections or we can have no
21:38
immune response those are slow viral
21:41
infections like appliance for example
21:43
those are just proteins
Summary
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now let’s sum up a virus infected cell
21:49
can show a fast
21:50
FAS for a t cytotoxic t killed by
21:53
releasing
21:54
preference and granzin be another way is
21:58
by T helper cell one activated
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macrophage with the help of cd4 TL and
22:04
interferon gamma which will then
22:06
phagocyte the virus natural killer cell
22:10
can kill it by either surface receptors
22:12
and even antibodies can up sighs the
22:15
cell and cause other cells to bind to
22:17
the antibody and kill it or even it may
22:20
activate the classical pathway of the
22:22
complement system another way is that if
22:25
you have a free-floating virus
22:26
antibodies can also optimize it as well
22:29
so that was everything I had for the
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cellular immunity lastly let’s look at
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how hypersensitivity goes
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