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Monoclonal Antibodies problems


  • 1. Preliminary clinical results with a humanized antibody against the interleukin-2 receptor have suggested the

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  • A. absence of human immune response against murine proteins (HAMA) response
  • B. presence of HAMA response
  • C. poor recognition of immunoglobulin, Ig constant regions
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following is incorrect?

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  • A. MAbs can be used to diagnose or treat diseases
  • B. MAbs can be used in tumor scanning
  • C. MAbs canbe used in cancer diagnosis
  • D. MAbs can not be used in such non-infectious diseases as those of endocrine system
  • Discuss
  • 3. Helper T cells assist in the functions of

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  • A. certain B cells
  • B. certain T cells
  • C. certain B cells and other T cells
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss
  • 4. The primary B cell receptor is

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  • A. IgD
  • B. IgG
  • C. IgA
  • D. IgE
  • Discuss
  • 5. In monoclonal antibody technology, tumor cells that can replicate endlessly are fused with mammalian cells that produce an antibody. The result of this cell fusion is a

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  • A. hybridoma
  • B. myeloma
  • C. natural killer cell
  • D. lymphoblast
  • Discuss
  • 6. A cytokine that stimulates the activity of B and T cells is

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  • A. lymphotoxin
  • B. interlukin-2
  • C. interlukin-1
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 7. The EBV-hybridoma technique

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  • A. immortalizes the donor Bcells
  • B. facilitates the proliferation of antigen specific B cells
  • C. gives much higher hybridization frequencies
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 8. The approach (s), which is/are currently followed to produce human monoclonal antibodies, is/are known as

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  • A. transformation of antigen specific B lymphocytes (EBV)
  • B. hybridization of 6-thioguanine-resistant human plasmacytoma with immune human lymphocytes
  • C. combination of EB Vand hybridoma techniques
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 9. In immuno-inflammatory diseases such as hemolytic anaemia, eczema etc.,

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  • A. T8 cells are greatly reduced
  • B. T8 cells are greatly increased
  • C. T4 cells are greatly reduced
  • D. T4 cells are greatly increased
  • Discuss
  • 10. The antigen-specific lymphocytes can be immortalized by which of the following method?

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  • A. Transfection with tumor derived DNA
  • B. Hybridization with a suitable lymphoid tumor cell
  • C. Transformation following infection by Epstein-Barr virus (EB V)
  • D. All of the above
  • Discuss

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