IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

Immunogenicity

is not a property of haptens

is not a property of antibodies

is usually a property of self antigens such as eye tissue

depends on the ability of the native antigen to be presented by MHC

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Polysaccharides on the surface of infecting microorganisms can also activate complement directly in the absence of

antibody via metabolic pathway

antigen via the alternative pathway

None of these

antibody via the alternative pathway

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In cellular immunity, T lymphocytes are responsible for the recognition and killing of foreign invaders. The cells are

None of these

killer T cells

both (a) and (b)

cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)

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What is a protein produced by host cells infected by viruses?

Interferon

Antiserum

Histamine

Vaccine

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During exposure to a foreign invader, there are more __________ present in the vertebrate body than before exposure

antibodies

lymphocytes

all of these

macrophages and antigens

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What are the solutions prepared from weakened or dead microorganisms, viruses, or toxins that provide some immunity from diseases?

Antibiotics

Drugs

Histamines

Vaccines

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To elicit the best antibodies to mouse MHC I, it should be injected into a

rat

mouse of a different strain

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

goat

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Immunological memory is due to

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

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To detect a humoral immune response to influenza virus, it is possible to measure

serum antibody titer

plasma cytokine levels

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

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Which of the following is in the lymph nodes of a person battling a cold virus?

All of these

Lymph ducts that enter and exit the nodes and Lymph fluid

Trapped viruses that have been roaming the body

Huge numbers of white blood cells

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