Lecture 10 Flashcards
All of the following are examples of microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) that bind to Toll-like receptors (TLRs) EXCEPT:
A) Plasma membrane
B) Peptidoglycan
C) Lipopolysaccharide
D) Flagellin
A) Plasma membrane
Examples of Microbe-Associated Mollecular Patterns (MAMPS):
Peptidoglycan
Lipopolysaccharide
Flagellin
The C-reactive protein activates ?
Complement
Antibodies coat the surface of the bacterium, leaving the Fc portions of the antibody exposed to increase phagocytosis in ?
Opsonization
All of the following are the four steps in the process of phagocytosis, summarized. Which of the following is the second step?
A) Adherence
B) Formation of phagolysosome
C) Formation of phagosome
D) Digestion
C) Formation of phagosome
What are the 4 steps in Phagocytosis?
- adherence/ingestion
- formation of phagosome
- formation of phagolysosome
- digestion/release
After ingesting a pathogen, lysosomal enzymes do NOT produce ?
Complement
Chronic inflammation caused by organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis happens because ?
These organisms can avoid or resist host defenses
The lectin pathway for complement action is initiated by ?
A) Mannose on host membrane
B) Mannose on the surface of microbes
C) Gram-positive cell walls
D) Gram-negative cell walls
B) Mannose on the surface of microbes
In the lectin pathway, lectin, made by the ?, circulates in the blood and binds to ? on bacterial surfaces.
liver; carbohydrate structures
What mediates cleavage of C4 and indirectly C2?
Lectin
? is a normal host process in which a cell kills itself.
Apoptosis
? is also known as programmed cell death. This process helps to limit the damage to surrounding cells.
Apoptosis
Lysozyme is an enzyme that ?
Cleaves cell wall peptidoglycan
Specialized macrophages found inside lung tissue are called ?
Alveolar macrophages
Interferon-gamma is an example of which type of interferon?
Type II
Type I interferons have high ? potency and consist of IFN-alpha, IFN-beta, and IFN-omega.
antiviral
IFN-gamma is an example of a ? interferon.
Type II
Cells of the innate immune response include:
macrophages
neutrophils
dendritic cells
mast cells
Cells of the adaptive immune response include:
B-cells
T-cells
Innate immunity is always on and ? concerning its recognition.
non-specific
A ? is a substance that causes fever.
Pyrogen
EXTERNAL pyrogens, such as ?, originate outside the body.
bacterial toxins
INTERNAL pyrogens, such as ?, are made by the body.
cytokines
Which immune cell targets host cells for destruction?
natural killer (NK) cells
The complement protein cascade is the same for the classical pathway, alternative pathway, and lectin pathway after the point in the cascade where the activation of ______ takes place.
C3
Macrophages can also be called ?
antigen-presenting cells
Which organ is responsible for the thermoregulation of the body?
Hypothalamus
Chronic inflammation caused by organisms such as M. tuberculosis happens because ?
A. not enough organisms enter into the host.
B. not enough cytokines are released.
C. these organisms are removed too quickly from the host.
D. these organisms can avoid or resist host defenses.
D. these organisms can avoid or resist host defenses.