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In this medical on-demand teaching session, titled "Mechanisms of Disease" by Kajoke Avolonto, professionals will explore the causes of cell injury, changes in cell injury, protection tactics against injury, and a variety of necroses like coagulative, liquefactive, caseous, fat, and fibrinoid. The session also includes discussions on infarct, gangrene, apoptosis, acute inflammation, as well as detailed explanations of neutrophil extravasation and killing mechanisms. Additionally, the training focuses on anti-inflammatory methods, chronic inflammation, wound healing processes, tissue regeneration, and haemostasis. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of cell injury, inflammation, and healing processes applicable to many medical scenarios. Medical professionals will find this relevant and beneficial for their practice.

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A must-attend event for medical students and professionals gearing up for the UK Medical Licensing Assessment. This session will provide an in-depth exploration of disease mechanisms, crucial for understanding pathophysiology and clinical presentations. Kajoke Avolonto will break down complex concepts, offering clear and practical insights to help you excel in your UKMLA exams and clinical practice. Enhance your medical knowledge and get a head start on your exam preparation with expert guidance in this comprehensive talk!

Learning objectives

  1. Understand the underlying causes of cell injury, including hypoxia, chemical agents, infections, immune mediated processes, nutritional imbalances, genetic factors, and trauma.
  2. Define and distinguish between different forms of necrosis such as coagulative, liquefactive, caseous, fat, and fibrinoid necrosis.
  3. Understand the process of apoptosis, its causes, and its role in maintaining cellular homeostasis.
  4. Identify the key features of acute inflammation, including its clinical features, immune cell predominance, and its key features.
  5. Recognize and distinguish between chronic inflammation and acute inflammation, including the role of macrophages in chronic inflammation and conditions that may result from chronic inflammation.
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MECHANISMSOFDISEASE Kajoke Avolonto Medic LearnCAUSESOFCELLINJURY ➤ Hypoxia ➤ Low oxygen ➤ Due to low oxygen in the blood (hypoxaemia) , low carrying capacity (anemia) or decreased blood flow (ischaemia) ➤ Inhibition of Ox. Phos. ➤ Chemical agents ad drugs ➤ Generate ROS2(O ) ➤ Hydroxyl ions are the most dangerous ➤ Disable Ox. Phos. (Cyanide) ➤ Infections ➤ Immune mediated processes ➤ Create endogenous self antigens ➤ Nutritional imbalances ➤ Excess or insufficiency ➤ Genetic ➤ Don’t make end product ➤ Side product made in excess ➤ Lack of enzymes ➤ Trauma ➤ Mechanical ➤ Extreme temperatures ➤ RadiationCHANGESINCELLINJURY ➤ Reversible ➤ Swelling of organelles and blebbing of plasma membrane ➤ Irreversible ➤ Breakdown of plasma membrane, organelles and nucleus ➤ Content leakage ➤ Irreversible nuclear changes ➤ Pyknosis ➤ Nuclei condense ➤ Karyorrhexis ➤ Nuclei fragment ➤ Karyolysis ➤ Nuclei dissolvePROTECTIONAGAINSTCELLINJURY ➤ Heat shock proteins helps maintain cell viability ➤ They prevent protein aggregation and label misfolded proteins for degradation ➤ Ex ubiquitinNECROSIS ➤ Main processes ➤ Denaturation of intracellular proteins ➤ Enzymatic digestionTYPESOFNECROSIS ➤ Coagulative ➤ Most common ➤ Due to protein denaturation ➤ Firm, pale wedge of tissue ➤ Liquefactive ➤ Seen in the brain and infections resulting in abscesses ➤ From degradation of tissues by enzymes ➤ Presence of pus (creamy yellow material with neutrophils) ➤ Caseous ➤ Cheese like ➤ Associated with TB ➤ Central necrosis ➤ Fat ➤ Caused by destruction of fat cells due to trauma or release of lipases from pancreatitis ➤ Causes fatty acids to react with calcium and forms white deposits in fatty tissue ➤ Injury to breast post car accident due to seatbelt ➤ Seen in pancreatitis ➤ See in some neonates post labour ➤ Fibrinoid ➤ Seen in immune reactions involving blood vessels ➤ Deposit of immune complexes and fibrin ➤ Seen in vasculitisINFARCT ➤ White infarct ➤ In solid organs ➤ End artery ➤ Wedge shape ➤ Common sites ➤ Heart, spleen and kidneys ➤ Red infarct ➤ Aka haemorrhagic infarct ➤ Dual blood supply to organs and ones with multiple anastomoses between capillary beds ➤ Organs with loose stomal tissue ➤ Haemmorhage from branching arteries and veinsGANGRENE ➤ Clinical term for visible necrosis ➤ Wet gangrene ➤Necrosis modified by bacteria ➤ Dry gangrene ➤Necrosis modified by air ➤ Gas gangrene ➤Necrosis modifies by gas forming bacteriaAPOPTOSIS ➤ Energy dependent cell death ➤ Selective (non random) ➤ No inflammatory response ➤ Can be physiological or pathological ➤ Inhibited by growth factors, extracellular matrix (ECM), sex steroids, etc ➤ Induced by growth factor , loss of ECM attachment, glucocorticoids, etc ➤ Mechanism ➤ Extrinsic pathway by external death receptors (TNF of Pas receptors) ➤ Intrinsic pathway by withdrawal of growth factor ➤ Macrophages or histiocytes then phagocytose apoptotic cellsINTRACELLULARACCUMULA TION ➤ Water and electrolytes ➤ Lipids ➤ Carbohydrates ➤ Proteins ➤ PigmentsACUTEINFLAMMATION ➤ Protective response of living tissue to injury ➤ Rapid ➤ Short lived ➤ Innate ➤ StereotypedWHATIMMUNECELLISPREDOMINANTINACUTEINFLAMMA TION? ➤ NeutrophilsCLINICALFEATURES ➤ Heat ➤ Redness ➤ Pain ➤ Loss of function ➤ SwellingKEYFEA TURES ➤ Vascular reaction ➤ Transient vasoconstriction ➤ Followed by vasodilation increasing blood flow ➤ Exudation of fluid into tissues due to increased vascular permeability ➤Hydrostatic pressure ➤ hOUTdrostatic ➤Osmotic pressure ➤ OsmotIN ➤ Vascular stasis ➤ Cellular reaction ➤ Infiltration of inflammatory cells ➤Mainly neutrophils ➤ Opsonization for phagocytosis done by C3b and IgGEXUDATEVSTRANSUDA TE ➤ Exudate: high protein content ➤ Purulent (meningitis) ➤ Hemorrhagic (malignancies) ➤ Serous (blisters) ➤ Fibrinous (fibrinous pericarditis) ➤ Transudate: low protein contentNEUTROPHILEXTRAVASA TION ➤ Margination ➤ Rolling ➤ Adhesion ➤ DiapedesisWHATIMMUNECELLSAREASSOCIA TEDWITHVIRALINFECTIONS ➤ LymphocytesKILLINGMECHANISMS ➤ Oxygen dependent ➤ Free radicals released into phagosome ➤ Respiratory burst ➤ Oxygen independent ➤ By enzymes ➤Lysozymes, proteases and nucleases ➤ Punch holes in bacterial wallANTI-INFLAMMATORY ➤ Aspirin ➤ Antihistamines ➤ Corticosteroids ➤ Leukotriene antagonist ➤ NSAIDS ➤ TNF alpha antagonistCHRONICINFLAMMA TION ➤ May take over from acute inflammation ➤ May arise gradually with an obvious acute phase ➤ Contains macrophages ➤Mastermind of chronic inflammation ➤For phagocytosis, antigen presentation and control of other cellsGIANTCELLSVSGRANULOMA ➤ Giant cell ➤ Fused macrophages ➤ Langhans giant cell (TB) ➤ Foreign boy type ➤ outon type giant cell (xanthoma & fat necrosis) ➤ Granuloma ➤ Modified macrophages ➤ Epitheliod, slipper shaped ➤ Foreign body granulomas ➤ Immune granulomas ➤ Caseating granulomas (TB)EFFECTSOFCHRONICINFLAMMA TION ➤ Fibrosis - chronic cholecystitis ➤ Impaired function - liver cirrhosis, IBD ➤ Increased function - thyrotoxicosis ➤ Atrophy - autoimmune gastritis ➤ Inappropriate stimulation of immune response - atopic disease (asthma, eczema, hay fever)PRINCIPLEOFWOUNDHEALING ➤ Close the gap ➤ Repair with a scar the smaller the betterPROCESSESINVOLVED ➤ Haemostasis ➤ Inflammation ➤ Regeneration or repair ➤ Primary intension ➤Complete resolution ➤Clean wound brought together ex. with stitches ➤ Secondary intension ➤No complete resolution ➤Excision wound, infected wounds, etc.TISSUEREGENERATION ➤ Labile ➤ Constantly ➤ Haematopoeitic tissue ➤ Stable ➤ When necessary ➤ Liver parenchyma ➤ Permanent ➤ No ability to regenerate ➤ Neural tissueREGENERATIONVSFIBROUSSCAR ➤ Regeneration ➤Repair is complete ➤The damage is in labile or stable tissue ➤The damage is not extensive ➤ Fibrous repair ➤The healing with the formation of a scar ➤Healing by secondary intension ➤When significant tissue is lost ➤If permanent tissue is injuredGRANULATIONTISSUE ➤ Not a granuloma ➤ Made of capillaries, fibroblasts, myofibroblasts and inflammatory cells ➤ Fills the gap ➤ Provides oxygen and nutrients ➤ Pulls edges together ➤ Cells involved ➤Inflammatory cells ➤Endothelial cells ➤Fibroblasts and myofibroblastsFACTORSTHA TINFLUENCEHEALING ➤ ype ➤ Size ➤ Location ➤ Blood supply ➤ Infection ➤ Foreign bodies ➤ Age ➤ Obesity ➤ Diabetes ➤ Drugs ➤ Vitamin deficiencyCOMPLICATIONSOFFIBROUSREPAIR ➤ Insufficient fibrosis ➤ Formation of adhesions ➤ Loss of function (ex post MI) ➤ Overproduction of fibrous scar tissue (keloid) ➤ Excessive scar contractionBONEHEALING ➤ Haematoma ➤ Soft callus ➤ No calcium ➤ Made of cartilage that woven bone forms in ➤ Hard callus ➤ RemodellingHAEMOST ASIS ➤ Complex that stops bleeding ➤ Coagulation cascade ➤ Need balance between pro-thrombic and anti-thrombic state ➤ 3 stages ➤ Unstable platelet plug ➤ Platelets adheon Willebrand Factor in subendothelial structures then aggregate and form a plug held together by fibrin ➤Stabilisation of plug with fibrin ➤Dissolution ➤ Components ➤ Vessel wall ➤Platelets ➤Coagulation system ➤Fibrinolytic systemCOAGULATIONCASCADE ➤ Intrinsic pathway ➤ Damage to endothelial lining of blood vessels activating factor XII ➤ Extrinsic pathway ➤ rauma releases tissue factor III ➤COAGULA TIONINHIBITORS ➤ Anti-thrombin III ➤ Inhibit thrombin and 10a ➤ Protein C ➤ Cleave co factoa and VIIIa ➤ Protein SFIBRINOLYSIS ➤ T-PA ➤ Streptokinase ➤ UrokinaseHAEMOPHILIA ➤ Spontaneous internal bleeding ➤ Inherited deficiency of factor 8 ➤ Often bleed around jointsTESTOFHAEMOST ASIS ➤ Prothrombin time (PT) - extrinsic pathway ➤ Factors II, VII, X and fibrinogen ➤ Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) - intrinsic pathways ➤ II,, VIII, IX, X, XI and fibrinogenWARFARIN ➤ Vitamin K antagonist ➤ Inhibit factors II, VII, IX, X (1972) ➤ If start bleeding ➤Vitamin K ➤Prothrombin complex concentrateTHROMBOSIS ➤ The formation of a solid mass of blood clot in the circulatory system ➤ Virchow’s triad ➤ Prothrombic states ➤ Stasis + blood constituents —> venous ➤ Blood constituents and vessel wall —> arterialWHATISAVTE ➤ erm for DVT and PERISKFACTORSOFVTE ➤ Age ➤ Previous VTE ➤ OCP/HRT ➤ Smoking ➤ Obesity ➤ Immobility ➤ Post-opRISKFACTORSFORARTERIALTHROMBOSIS ➤ Age ➤ Smoking ➤ Atherosclerosis ➤ Hypertension ➤ Hypercholesterolaemia ➤ DiabetesHOWWOULDALEGLOOKDIFFERENTBETWEENDVTANDARTERIALTHROMBOSIS ➤ DVT: hot red and painful ➤ Arterial thrombosis: cold and paleOUTCOMESOFTHROMBOSIS ➤ Propagation ➤ Lysis ➤ Embolism ➤Blockage of a vessels by a liquid, solid or gas at a site distant from its origin ➤Most emboli and thrombo-emboli ➤PE ➤ Massive PE > 60% reduction ➤ Haemodynamic compromise ➤ Major PE: medium size vessels blocked ➤ Shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, haemoptysis ➤ Minor PE: small peripheral pulmonary arteries blocked ➤ Asymptomatic or minor shortness of breath ➤ Recurrent PEs lead to pulmonary hypertension ➤ Organisation ➤ RecanalisationA THEROSCLEROSIS ➤ Thickening, narrowing and hardening of walls of large and medium sized arteries due to atheroma (accumulation of lipids in intima and media of large and medium sized arteries) ➤ Development ➤ Fatty streak ➤ Lipid deposit in intima ➤ No disturbance to blood flow ➤ Slightly raised ➤ Simple plaque ➤ Raised ➤ ~ 1cm in diameter ➤ Often around ostia (branch point in vessels) ➤ Impinge on vessel lumen ➤ Complicated plaque ➤ Calcification ➤ Ulceration ➤ Thrombosis ➤ HaemorrhageMICROAPPEARANCEOFA THEROSCLEROSIS ➤ Early changes ➤ Accumulation of foam cells (combination of smooth muscle cells, macrophages and fat cells) ➤ Proliferation of smooth muscle cells ➤ Extracellular lipid deposit ➤ Scattered T lymphocytes ➤ Later changes ➤ Fibrosis ➤ Necrosis ➤ Calcification ➤ Disruption of internal elastic lamina ➤ Damage going into media ➤ Plaque fissuring and rupture —> clot ➤ Weakening of vessel wall leading to aneurysm and ruptureCELLULAREVENTSLEADINGUPTOA THEROSCLEROSIS ➤ Chronic endothelial injury ➤ Endothelial dysfunction ➤ Smooth muscle emigration from media to intima ➤ Production of foam cells ➤ Smooth muscle proliferation in response to cytokines and growth factors ➤ Collagen and matrix deposition ➤ NeovascularisationCELLSINVOLVED ➤ Endothelial cells ➤ Platelets ➤ Smooth muscle cells ➤ Macrophages ➤ Lymphocytes ad neutrophils (minor)RISKFACTORS ➤ Age ➤ Gender ➤ Women protected until menopause ➤ Hyperlipidaemia ➤ Smoking ➤ Hypertension ➤ Alcohol ➤ DiabetesTYPESOFCELLULARADAPT A TION ➤ Regeneration ➤ Replacement of cells lost by identical cells ➤ Tissue size stays the same ➤ Reconstitution ➤ Replacement of a lost part if the body (minimal in mammals) ➤ Hyperplasia ➤ Increase in tissues or organ size due to increased cell numbers ➤ Hypertrophy ➤ Increase in tissue or organ size due to increased cell size ➤ Atrophy ➤ Shrinkage of a tissue or organ size due to a decrease in size and/or number of cells ➤ Denervation atrophy ➤ Disuse atrophy ➤ Metaplasia ➤ Reversible change of one differentiated cell type to another ➤ Can lead to dysplasia ➤ Aplasia ➤ Failure of a specific tissue or organ to develop ➤ Hypoplasia ➤ Underdevelopment/incomplete development of a tissue or organ ➤ Dysplasia ➤ Abnormal maturation of cells in a tissue (diff definitions in pathology)