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1
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WHat is OneHealth?

A

Combination of human and animal health

2
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What did the Lederberg experiment determine?

A

Mutations are random

Penicilin resistant bacteria were already present before exposure to penicilin

3
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Are neutrophils anti-microbial peptides?

A

Yes

4
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Describe antimoicrobial peptide killing

A

Defensins are produced within immune cell and line the outermembrane of the organism, form a channel in to the organism and then create pore to breakdown organism

5
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What type of defensins exist?

A

Alpha
Beta
THeta

6
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What is a cathelicidin?

A

Antimicrobial peptide found inside macrophages, PMNs, keratinocytes

7
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What are the porcine cathlecidins?

A

PR-39

PG-1 to 5

8
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What are the bovine cathelicidins

A

Bac-4
Bac-5
Bac-7

9
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What is a human cathelicidin?

A

LL-37

10
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What is a procine Beta defensin?

A

pBD-1

11
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What are bovine beta defensins?

A

TAP

LAP

12
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What is an example of an alpha-defensin?

A

Human neutrophil Peptide 3

13
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What is an example of a theta defensin?

A

Rhesus RD-1

14
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What are the mini defensins?

A

Retrocyclin
Rhesus TD-1
Protegrin-1

15
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How are cathelicidins organized?

A

Based on common patterns of cysteine residues

16
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Where are alpha-defensins found? What intestinal cell has alpha-defensins?

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Neutrohpils, urogenital tract

Paneth cells

17
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Do Paneth cells exist in pigs?

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No

18
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What cell makes both cathelicidins and defensins?

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Neutrophils

19
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What is the main function of defensins and cathelicidins?

A

Protection from broad range of bacteria, fungi, viruses and metazoan parasites

20
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What are the main mechanisms by which cathelicidins and defensins are antimicrobial?

A

Pore formation
LPS-binding
Interference with intracellular metabolism

21
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Can pathogens become resistant to this innate immune function?

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It is difficult because they work via cell-surface biochemistry which is well conserved