The Immune System and Cancer Flashcards
1
Q
Immune Surveillance
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The idea that many tumors never fully mature into life-threatening cancers because of immune-mediated destruction of nascent malignancies
2
Q
oncogenes
A
cancer because proteins different than normal cell
3
Q
Reasons tumor cells trigger host immune system:
A
recognition of altered self protein
TGF-beta- immunosuppressive and stimulates angiogenesis
4
Q
Normal cell expression of tumor conducted by:
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proto-oncogenes and suppressor genes
5
Q
tumor suppressor genes
A
regulate DNA repair and cell death
6
Q
Proto-oncogenes
A
regulate cell division
