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  • Difficulties with somatic gene therapy arise from all of the following except


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  • A. GVHD caused by mature T cells in the transplanted cells
  • B. inserting a gene so that it will function properly
  • C. limited life span of more mature hematopoietic cells
  • D. transducing genetic material into stem cells

  • Correct Answer
  • GVHD caused by mature T cells in the transplanted cells 


  • Disease Associated with Immune System problems


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    • 1. Which of the Rous sarcoma virus has a homologous cellular protein?

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    • A. c-src
    • B. v-src
    • C. v-ha-src
    • D. v-ha-ras
    • Discuss
    • 2. Combined cellular and humoral immune deficiencies result from lack of all of the following except

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    • A. a thymus
    • B. class II MHC
    • C. HIV infection of CD4+ T cells
    • D. transporter of antigen peptides (TAP)
    • Discuss
    • 3. Bone marrow given to an infant with SCID must

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    • A. be irradiated to eliminate GVHD
    • B. contain mature T cells that can begin making immune responses immediately
    • C. come from a donor that shares some MHC alleles with the recipient
    • D. come from one of the child's parents
    • Discuss
    • 4. A selective IgA deficiency would be expected to result in problems with

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    • A. bacterial infections
    • B. infections following dental work due to bacteria entering the bloodstream
    • C. mucosal pathogens
    • D. pathogens which can survive inside macrophages
    • Discuss
    • 5. To treat HIV infections using drugs, the major problem is that

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    • A. the drugs that are good inhibitors cannot by synthesized
    • B. the drugs interfere with normal digestion
    • C. the virus particles with altered (mutant) proteases arise
    • D. the drugs are rapidly degraded
    • Discuss
    • 6. X-linked hyper IgM syndrome, resulting in high levels of serum IgM and low levels of serum IgG, is caused by a defect in CD40L expression. The specific immune event that would be prevented by a defective CD40L would be

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    • A. activation of B cells by T-independent antigens
    • B. failure of B cells to provide co-stimulation for Th2 activation
    • C. failure of Th2 cells to provide co-stimulation for B cell isotype switching
    • D. failure of Th2 cells to provide co-stimulation for B cell proliferation
    • Discuss
    • 7. An autoimmune disease is

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    • A. AIDS
    • B. Measles
    • C. Lupus
    • D. Mumps
    • Discuss
    • 8. Specific translocations are associated with

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    • A. colon cancer
    • B. breast cancer
    • C. pancreatic cancer
    • D. some leukemias
    • Discuss
    • 9. Chronic granulomatous disease results from a failure to perform oxidative burst. This deficiency would be most likely to interfere with

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    • A. CTL killing of viruses
    • B. dendritic cell activation to become a mature APC
    • C. infected cell processing of virus peptides
    • D. macrophage intracellular killing of bacteria
    • Discuss
    • 10. Infants are most susceptible to bacterial infection due to low circulating levels of IgG

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    • A. in utero (before birth)
    • B. at 0-3 months of age
    • C. at 3-12 months of age
    • D. at 12-24 months of age
    • Discuss


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