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05/02/2009

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which of the following cells are activated by antigen in peripheral tissue and end up mainly in the t-cell zone fo the secondary lymphoid tissue?
Definition
dendritic cells
Term
adaptive immunity is characterized by the following EXCEPT:
Definition
first line of defense
Term
Antigen presenting cells perform which of the following functions in adaptive immune
response?
Definition
Display MHC-associated peptides on their cell surface for surveillance by T-lymphocytes
Term
Which of the following statements about the antigen-presenting function of
macrophages is:
Definition
Macrophages express highly variable high affinity receptors for a variety of antigens
Term
What molecule(s) has(have) functions that connect the innate and adaptive immune
response?
Definition
B7
Term
B-cells differ from other professional APC's because they:
Definition
Present only peptides from antigens they bind with their membrane BCR
Term
The ability of cytotoxic T-cells (CTL's) to bind and destroy target cells depends on
Definition
Antigen presentation on the surface of the target cells via MHC I
Term
What additional co-stimulatory cell can aid an antigen presenting cell to activate a
CD8 Tcell?
Definition
An effector CD4 T-cell
Term
The_______theory states that each antigen reactive B-cell or T-cell has only a single
type
Definition
Clonal selection
Term
T-cell activation requires two pairs of molecular interactions between a T-cell and an APC cell.
Definition
TCR::MHC and B7 ligand::B7
Term
The main function of dendritic cells is:
Definition
Antigen presentation
Term
_________are responsible for the production of antibody against free pathogens and soluble products from pathogens while____________destroy virally infected cells.
Definition
B-cells, cytotoxic T-cells
Term
Adaptive cell-mediated immunity involves the generation of activated antigen-specific
effector:
Definition
Th1
Term
Once T-cells have received antigen plus co-stimulatory signals, they divide in
reponse to IL-2 secrete by:
Definition
Themselves
Term
Which of the following terms best describes the mode of action of IL-2?
Definition
Autocrine
Term
Secondary lymphoid tissue
Definition
Produce large numbers of activated antigen specific effector cells
Term
Which of the following is a feature of MHC class I molecules?
Definition
Present antigenic peptides to CD8 T-cells
Term
Which of the following molecules is a co-receptor of TCR that binds to MHC II?
Definition
CD4
Term
Which of the following is NOT associated with negative selection of T-cells?
Definition
Recognition of foreign antigen
Term
Double positive T-cells express:
Definition
Both CD4 and CD8
Term
Positive and negative selection of developing T-cells:
Definition
Are both necessary processes for aquisition of self tolerance
Term
22Which of the following DOES NOT characterize MHC class II molecules?
Definition
Are essential for immune response of virus infected cells
Term
Mature naive single positive T-cells
Definition
Are ready to undergo antigen presentation
Term
The important activation signal for naive CD4 T-cells is:
Definition
Interaction of TCR with MHC/peptide complex and co-stimulatory signal
Term
What molecule is essential to the activity of an antigen presenting cell and not present in other cells such as epethilial cells?
Definition
B7
Term
If a pathogen is able to evade phagocytosis by blocking phago-lysosome fusion in
macrophages, which immune effector cell is important in the destruction of this
pathogen?
Definition
Th1
Term
The thymus dependent B-cell activation by T-effector cells requires that B-cells:
Definition
Process and present peptide antigen on the B-cell surface by Class II MHC molecules
Term
LPS
Definition
T-independent B-cell activation
Term
Th2
Definition
T-dependent B-cell activation
Term
dendritic cells
Definition
professional antigen presentation
Term
Nk cells
Definition
Innate immune response only
Term
Which of the following is a (are) characteristic(s) of thymus dependent B-cell activation:
Definition
Induces immunological memory
Term
A characteristic secondary immune reponse after first encounter with an pathogen:
Definition
The thymus dependent activation of B-cells for production of high affinity antigen specific
IgG
Term
Thymus independent B-cell activation DOES NOT involve:
Definition
MHC
Term
extravasation
Definition
Movement of cells from blood vessels to surrounding tissue
Term
Homing
Definition
The preferential entry of different types of lymphocytes to different tissues
Term
chemokines
Definition
Guide movement of leukocytes
Term
cytokine
Definition
Affect cell behavior
Term
Innate immune responses are important in the initiation of the adaptive immune
response because:
Definition
They create the environment ideal for expression of the co-stimulatory molecule B7 necessary for antigen presentation to T-cells by dendritic cells
Term
The induction of a Th2 response by Mycobacterium leprae that grown in intracellular vescicles of macrophages, implies that these bacteria will evade immune elimination by:
Definition
Activated macrophages
Term
The humoral immune response to T-independent antigens includes production of:
Definition
IgM
Term
CD4+ effector T-cells that respond to intracellular pathogens by activating phagocytic cells are termed?
Definition
Th1
Term
T independent antigens do NOT:
Definition
Get presented on MHC Class II
Term
After maturation, which of the following types of lymphocytes emerge from the
thymus?
Definition
Naive T-cells
Term
Which of the following events occurs earliest in the maturation of T-cells?
Definition
Rearragement of TCR beta chain
Term
Cells which are phagocytic include:
Definition
Neutrophyls
Term
Which of th following is NOT a mechanism for generating variability in TCR's?
Definition
Somatic hypermutation
Term
Activation of naive T helper immune response to a protein antigen requires the participation of antigen-processing cells that express which of the following types of molecules on the APC side?
Definition
Class II MHC and co-stimulators
Term
T helper lymphocytes are characterized by
Definition
Expression of CD4 in the cell membrane
Term
Cytokines are NOT:
Definition
Antigen specific
Term
Vaccination protects us from infectious disease by generating:
Definition
Lymphocytes
Term
T-cells containing CD8 co-receptors interact with what type of cell(s)?
Definition
Virus infected cells
Term
CD4+ Th1-cells interact with and activate what type of cell(s)?
Definition
Macrophages
Term
Molecules on the effector Th2 cells that interact directly with a B-cell include, but are not limited to:
Definition
TCR & B7 ligand
Term
Inflamation does NOT involve:
Definition
Secretion of antibodies
Term
Naive T-cells are activated to armed effector cells when they encounter antigen on:
Definition
Professional APC's
Term
Th2 cells secrete cytokines which:
Definition
Stimulate B-cell differentiation
Term
A T-cell which binds antigen without undergoing a co-stimulatory signal from and APC:
Definition
Becomes unresponsive
Term
Exogenous antigens are processed:
Definition
In the lysosome
Term
Which of the following is NOT a function of macrophages?
Definition
Production and secretion of immunoglobulins
Term
The role of the antigen-presenting cell in the immune response is all of the following EXCEPT:
Definition
To present non-self peptides with MHC class II molecules to B-cells
Term
What is true regarding the CD4 molecule?
Definition
It binds to MHC class II molecules
Term
What is INCORRECT regarding the immune response to LPS?
Definition
Cytokines are required for the production of the antibody response
Term
All of the following are characteristics of both MHC class I and class II molecules
EXCEPT?
Definition
Both are expressed in all nucleated cells
Term
Which of the following is INCORRECT concerning MHC class II molecules?
Definition
MHC class II molecules are associated with beta-2microglobulin
Term
Which of the following is INCORRECT concerning the processing of an antigen, such as a bacterial protein, in the lysosome compartment of the cell?
Definition
It may lead to the activation of CD8+ T-cells
Term
Which of the following statements about CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells is INCORRECT?
Definition
They cannot kill CD4+ T-cells
Term
Class II MHC molecules do not efficiently present endogenous antigens because:
Definition
Endogenous peptides are loaded in the ER while exogenous peptides are loaded in the
lysosome
Term
MHC Class I with bound antigen, on the surface of _________, present_________antigen to CD8 T-cells.
Definition
Virus infected cells, endogenous
Term
A fundamental difference between the antigen receptor on B cells (BCR) and on Tcells (TCR) is their:
Definition
Function following antigen binding
Term
Adaptive immunity mechanism for eradicating established viral infection
Definition
CD8+ cytoxic T-cells
Term
Innate immunity for eradicating established viral infection
Definition
NK cell
Term
Innate immunity mechanism for preventing viral infection
Definition
Antibody
Term
Cell mediated immunity for combating intracellular bacteria
Definition
Th1
Term
Which of the following statements about T-cells involved in an immune response is NOT true?
Definition
Activated T-cells contribute to the activation of B-cells.
One major effector function of helper T-cells is to activate macrophages via the release of cytokines.
When the infection is eliminated activated T die by apoptosis
Term
76. Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infects endothelial cells and B-cells. About half of us are infected by the virus while very young, and do not suffer disease. Around half of the individuals who avoid the virus while young are infected in the teenage years and develop a disease called mononucleosis. In this disease, lymph nodes swell painfully as our immune system produces large numbers of lymphocytes to eliminate virus-producing cells. these lymphocytes are probalby:
Definition
Cytotoxic T-cells to destroy virus-containing cells
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