IMMUNOLOGY (transition)

Question 1

which type of immune response (adaptive or innate) is used in immunization/vaccinations

Answer 1

adaptive immune system

Question 2

which type of cells make IgG in response to re-exposure of a microbe after a vaccination

Answer 2

memory B cells

Question 3

what type of immune mechanism does anti-TNF work via

Answer 3

passive immunisation

Question 4

which type of immune response (adaptive or innate) is CD4+ T helper cells a part of

Answer 4

adaptive immune system

Question 5

which immune respone (adaptive or innate) is NK cells a part of

why

Answer 5

innate

don’t need prior knowledge to be able to work (unlike T/B cells etc that are used in the adaptive immune response)

Question 6

in severe combined immunodeficiency, which type of immune cell is reduced

which other disease process does this occur in

Answer 6

CD4+ T helper cells

advanced stage HIV

Question 7

what 2 immune cells are found in a granuloma

Answer 7

T lymphocytes

macrophages

Question 8

what pathologies cause granuloma formation (5)

Answer 8

foreign bodies (eg IUD) 
TB
bacterial infection 
neoplasm 
hyper immunity