20.1 : Immunity to Viral Infection

Question 1

what are the 2 major methods of immunity?

Answer 1

1. innate

2. adaptive

Question 2

what is innate immunity

Answer 2

structural protection such as skin and interferon alpha and beta

Question 3

what is adaptive immunity?

Answer 3

antibody and CD8 + T cells

Question 4

what type of immunity is most important to fighting viral infection?

Answer 4

adaptive

Question 5

is adaptive immunity still the most important if no antibody is present?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

what are goblet cells?

Answer 6

mucus secretion cells

Question 7

epithelial cells in the GI tract and lungs are connected by ____

Answer 7

tight junctions

Question 8

if an epithelial cell is damaged, what does it release? It will then bind to surrounding cells and activate 2 types of kinases ____ and ___

Answer 8

IFN alpha and beta ; JAK and STAT 2

Question 9

JAK/STAT2 interaction sends message to the nucleus which will stop ___ and/or __

Answer 9

protein translation; RNAase

Question 10

by stopping protein synthesis and inducing RNAase activity, what is the effect?

Answer 10

prevents formation of new visions; and destroy the cell