IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

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

virus fragments

helper T cells

antigens

antibodies

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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?

Memory B lymphocytes for the antigen of this disease organism

The disease organism itself and antigens for the disease organism

A very high level of antibodies against the disease antigens

All of these

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

Cancer

An allergic response

Passive immunity

An autoimmune disease

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

plasma cytokine levels

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

serum antibody titer

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

lymphocytes

antibodies

all of these

macrophages and antigens

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

Interferon

Histamine

Vaccine

Antiserum

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

Antibiotics

Histamines

Drugs

Vaccines

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Immunological memory is due to

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

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

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

Helper T lymphocyte

Killer T lymphocytes

B lymphocytes

None of these

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