Exam 15: The Immune System

Which of the following is involved in specific immunity?

Tissue transplants should have matching ______ to prevent rejection in the host.

What substance released by NK cells and cytotoxic T cells destroys the DNA of an infected cell?

Mineralocorticoids stimulate immune suppression by inhibiting interleukin-1 production.

Complement proteins facilitate opsonization.

The binding of FAS and its FAS ligand will trigger

Both innate and adaptive immunity processes are necessary for local inflammation to function properly.

Macrophages are derived from neutrophils.

During the local inflammatory response,a lack of mast cells would result in

Activated B lymphocytes move into a germinal center of a secondary lymphoid organ and then produce antibodies.

The lymph nodes and spleen are primary lymphoid organs.

Stress and aging may cause increased incidences of cancer.

Molecules that are present in the membranes of gram-negative bacteria and are the best known PAMPs are called

Monoclonal antibodies have shown limited success in cancer treatment.

Molecules included with immunizations that boost immune response by increasing antigen-presenting ability are called

Bone marrow stem cells and mast cells proliferate in response to

Abnormal T cell response results in delayed hypersensitivity with the secretion of

Presentation of a foreign antigen to a killer T lymphocytes requires a

Helper T cell activation occurs more readily if the antigen presenting cells are

Lymphocytes are involved in specific immune reactions.