DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE SYSTEM QUIZ

Which of the Rous sarcoma virus has a homologous cellular protein?

c-src

v-ha-ras

v-src

v-ha-src

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Chronic granulomatous disease results from a failure to perform oxidative burst. This deficiency would be most likely to interfere with

infected cell processing of virus peptides

CTL killing of viruses

dendritic cell activation to become a mature APC

macrophage intracellular killing of bacteria

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Combined cellular and humoral immune deficiencies result from lack of all of the following except

HIV infection of CD4+ T cells

a thymus

class II MHC

transporter of antigen peptides (TAP)

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An example of an immunodeficiency disorder is

rheumatic fever

systemic lupus erythematosus

AIDS

thyroiditis

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Specific translocations are associated with

colon cancer

breast cancer

pancreatic cancer

some leukemias

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An autoimmune disease is

Lupus

AIDS

Mumps

Measles

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The primary reason for AIDS, a deadly disease is that it

is caused by a bacterium

destroys key components of the body's internal defense system

is caused by a virus

causes a breakdown of the body's inflammatory response

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If Class IIMHC is not expressed in the thymus, the resulting immune deficiencies would include all of the following except reduced

IgG synthesis

alternative complement activation.

CD8 T cell-mediated cytotoxicity

macrophage activation to vesicular pathogens

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Retinoblastoma is due to a mutation in a

cyclin

viral gene

tumor supressor

kinase

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Infants are most susceptible to bacterial infection due to low circulating levels of IgG

at 0-3 months of age

at 12-24 months of age

in utero (before birth)

at 3-12 months of age

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