IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

What is the result of an abnormal response of the immune system to part of a person's own body?

Passive immunity

Cancer

An autoimmune disease

An allergic response

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

cellular response

secondary response

primary response

innate response

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Immunogenicity

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

is not a property of haptens

is usually a property of self antigens such as eye tissue

is not a property of antibodies

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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

cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)

both (a) and (b)

killer T cells

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Plasma cells produce thousands of __________ that are released into the bloodstream

antigens

virus fragments

antibodies

helper T cells

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

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

serum antibody titer

plasma cytokine levels

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

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

goat

mouse of a different strain

rat

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

lymphocytes

macrophages and antigens

all of these

antibodies

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Immunological memory is due to

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

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

None of these

antibody via the alternative pathway

antigen via the alternative pathway

antibody via metabolic pathway

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