Self vs Non-self
Harmless vs DangerousPresence vs Absence
Recognition of:
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Self vs Non-self
Harmless vs DangerousPresence vs Absence
Recognition of:
What’s wrong with this fruit fly?
Missing toll or other members of the toll pathway
Is it dangerous?
Self vs Non-self
Harmless vs DangerousPresence vs Absence
Recognition of:
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Involution of the thymus
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Another accident with chickens
• 1956: Bruce Glick “accidentally” vaccinates bursectomized chickens
• Finds they make poor antibody responses
The lymphocyte
Antigen receptors assembled by somatic recombination
Ig or B cell receptor TCR or T Cell Receptor
2 Heavy chains(IgH)
2 Lightchains (IgL)
Heavychain
Lightchain
Variable domain
Constant domain
Antigen
Generation of Diversity in Antigen Receptors
T cell
2 32113
3212
Vn V3 V2 V1
DJC
Vn V3 V2 V1 JC
Germline DNA
Recombination
Transcription –Splicing -Translation
Protein: T Cell Receptor
Germline DNA
Recombination
Transcription –Splicing -Translation
V
V
D J C
CJ
313
322
Fig 8-8
Self vs Non-self
Harmless vs DangerousPresence vs Absence
Recognition of:
How is self-tolerance maintained?
Frank Macfarlane Burnet*Believed any correct theory must explain:• How antigen selects correct specificity• Why only a single specificity is produced• How self tolerance is maintained• Why second response to same antigen is so
much larger than the first
*1958 Nobel Prize
Clonal Selection Theory• Each cell is a unique clone with
its own specificity• If the cell encounters Ag in a
premature state, it dies• The mature pool of cells
represent those that did not encounter the Ag they are specific for during development
• When mature cell encounters Ag it begins to divide (clonal expansion)
= foreign antigen
Self vs Non-self
Harmless vs DangerousPresence vs Absence
Recognition of:
Fig 8-8
Mice & Cattle Mice & Primates
Primates & Cattle
Fig 12-5