IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

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

cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)

killer T cells

both (a) and (b)

None of these

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Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

Embden Meyerhof pathway

classical pathway

metabolic pathway

Entner-Doudoroff pathway

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Which of the following immune cells would have an especially low count in a patient with advanced AIDS?

None of these

B lymphocytes

Helper T lymphocyte

Killer T lymphocytes

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

Antiserum

Vaccine

Histamine

Interferon

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The immune response to a booster vaccine is called a(n)

secondary response

cellular response

innate response

primary response

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Immunogenicity

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

is usually a property of self antigens such as eye tissue

is not a property of antibodies

is not a property of haptens

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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

Vaccines

Histamines

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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

goat

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

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If a person is vaccinated against a disease sometime in the past, which of the following is currently in your body?

A very high level of antibodies against the disease antigens

Memory B lymphocytes for the antigen of this disease organism

All of these

The disease organism itself and antigens for the disease organism

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

serum antibody titer

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

plasma cytokine levels

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