Ch. 12.2- Cellular Branch of Adaptive Immunity

Question 1

What are the four stages of cellular and humoral immunity?

Answer 1

1) Antigen Presentation
2) Lymphocyte Activation
3) Lymphocyte proliferation and differentiation
4) Antigen Elimination and Memory

Question 2

Define proteasome

Answer 2

Specialized cellular machinery that chops up viral proteins. - These are the protein garbage disposals of the cell

Question 3

Define allorecognition

Answer 3

The process that lymphocytes use to differentiate self from foreign.

Question 4

Define perforins

Answer 4

Substances released by T cells to create holes in target cells.

Question 5

Define granzymes

Answer 5

These enter through holes made by perforins and break down cell proteins and induce apoptosis.