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


  • Options
  • A. Interferon
  • B. Histamine
  • C. Antiserum
  • D. Vaccine

  • Correct Answer
  • Interferon 


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

    • Options
    • A. goat
    • B. mouse of the same genetic background (strain)
    • C. mouse of a different strain
    • D. rat
    • Discuss
    • 2. During exposure to a foreign invader, there are more __________ present in the vertebrate body than before exposure

    • Options
    • A. antibodies
    • B. lymphocytes
    • C. macrophages and antigens
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

    • Options
    • A. classical pathway
    • B. metabolic pathway
    • C. Embden Meyerhof pathway
    • D. Entner-Doudoroff pathway
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following immune cells would have an especially low count in a patient with advanced AIDS?

    • Options
    • A. Killer T lymphocytes
    • B. Helper T lymphocyte
    • C. B lymphocytes
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Immunogenicity

    • Options
    • A. depends on the ability of the native antigen to be presented by MHC
    • B. is usually a property of self antigens such as eye tissue
    • C. is not a property of antibodies
    • D. is not a property of haptens
    • Discuss
    • 6. Immunological memory is due to

    • Options
    • A. short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens
    • B. long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody
    • C. long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen
    • D. short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide
    • Discuss
    • 7. What is the result of an abnormal response of the immune system to part of a person's own body?

    • Options
    • A. Passive immunity
    • B. Cancer
    • C. An allergic response
    • D. An autoimmune disease
    • Discuss
    • 8. If Class IIMHC is not expressed in the thymus, the resulting immune deficiencies would include all of the following except reduced

    • Options
    • A. alternative complement activation.
    • B. CD8 T cell-mediated cytotoxicity
    • C. macrophage activation to vesicular pathogens
    • D. IgG synthesis
    • Discuss
    • 9. The HIV virus infects primarily

    • Options
    • A. brain cells
    • B. cells in the immune system
    • C. red blood cells
    • D. liver cells
    • Discuss
    • 10. A monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific for the 2,4-dinitrophenyl (DNP) hapten might also bind

    • Options
    • A. Leu or Ileu
    • B. His or Pro
    • C. Tyr or Phe
    • D. Ser or Thr
    • Discuss


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