Biology 2024 Flashcards
The immune cell that allows for subsequent recognition of antigen and results in a secondary
response is called a(n):
a. memory cell
b. helper T cell
c. plasma cell
d. antigen-presenting cell
memory cell
Which cells phagocytose (Ingest) antigen-bearing pathogens and display them on their surface with MHC proteins?
macrophages
Which cells can be antigen-presenting cells?
a. dendritic cells
b. B cells
c. macrophages
d. all of the above
All of the above
Suppose you get a splinter in your finger, and some bacteria hitched a ride on the splinter.
a. How would the immune system respond immediately to try to prevent a serious infection?
Phagocytic cells ingest the bacteria and break them down.
Suppose you get a splinter in your finger, and some bacteria hitched a ride on the splinter. b.If the bacteria were not quickly controlled, explain in detail how the antibody response
would be activated.
Some of the phagocytic cells would be macrophages. break down the bacteria, some of the bacterial antigens would be bound to MHC protein. displayed on surface of the macrophage. A helper T cell with a matching T-cell receptor would bind to this specific antigen + MHC combination and the macrophage would release cytokine. The activated TH cell would then eventually find a B cell specific for the same antigen and activate it. The B cell would divide, and some specialize into plasma cells and make large amounts of specific antibody
Does the immune system need many different types of macrophages, or just one type?
they’re not specific, so just one type.
Does the immune system need many different types of TH cells, or just one type?
there must be one kind of TH cell for every possible antigen that the immune system can
recognize.
These cells are part of the innate immune system
and kill pathogens.
neutrophils (white blood cell), macrophages, dendritic cells
These cells produce antibody proteins.
plasma cells
These cells are part of the adaptive immune system and present antigens to other cells.
macrophages, B cells
These cells kill human cells that are infected with viruses
cytotoxic T cells (TC cells)
What is the one molecular function of an antibody?
Binds a specific antigen
What is one role of an MHC protein?
Binds pieces of an antigen ingested by a macrophage, presenting them to TH cells
Before we start our ELISA experiment, what will be on the bottom of the 96-well plates that
we have purchased?
Antibody specific for WNV E protein
Compare the roles of helper T cells and cytotoxic T cells.
Helper T cells are needed to activate B cells to produce antibody in the antibody response.
Cytotoxic T cells are activated in cell-mediated immunity and release proteins that kill infected
cells
Our ELISA assay relies upon which molecule(s) that was secreted by a plasma B cell?
a. A phospholipid
b. An enzyme
c. Primers
d. An antibody
d. A polymerase
Antibody
Which of the following describes the main difference between an innate immune response and
an adaptive immune response?
a. The innate response responds only to free pathogens in a localized area; the adaptive
response responds only to pathogen that have entered the body cells
b. The innate response involves the white blood cells, whereas the adaptive response involved
only T cells
c. The innate response relies on phagocytes to destroy pathogens, whereas the adaptive
response does not involve phagocytes
d. The innate response is nonspecific, whereas the adaptive responses reacts to specific
microbes on the basis of their different antigens
e. None of the above.
d. The innate response is nonspecific, whereas the adaptive responses reacts to specific
microbes on the basis of their different antigens
A secondary immune response is more rapid and greater in effect than a primary immune response because:
a. The second response is an active immunity whereas the primary one was a passive immunity
b. Helper T cells are available to activate other blood cells
c. Chemokines cause the rapid accumulation of phagocytic cells
d. Memory cells respond to the pathogen and rapidly clone more effector cells
d. Memory cells respond to the pathogen and rapidly clone more effector cells
True or False A macrophage’s job is to release cytokines to activate B cells to produce clones
of plasma cells
False
True or False A cytotoxic T cell’s job is to attack and destroy host cells infected with the pathogen
True
If a bird is “seropositive” for WNV, what does “seropositive” mean and what can we conclude has happened to that bird previously?
The bird’s blood serum contains anti-WNV antibodies, meaning that at some point it was
infected by WNV.
You were working in the yard, picking up sticks after a storm. As you reached for a stick, you
got a splinter in your finger. If a bacterium or virus hitched a ride on the splinter, explain in
detail how the antibody response would be activated.
phagocytosed by a macrophage, which would then break down. Some of the microbes antigen proteins would be displayed on the surface of the
macrophage, bound to an MHC protein. Recognized by the T-cell receptor on a helper T cell, which in turn can activate an antigen-specific B cell to produce antibody capable of
binding to the antigen.