Transplantation Immunology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Different types of immunodiffusions:_____ diffusion in two dimension - Ouchterlony procedure

Answer: Double

Flashcard 2: _____ immunity occurs when transfer factor is given.

Answer: Adoptive

Flashcard 3: Different types of immunodiffusions:_____ diffusion in one dimension - Oakley-Fulthorpe procedure

Answer: Double

Flashcard 4: father of immunology is

Answer: Edward Jenner louis pasteur is the father of bacteriology

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Flashcard 5: Type 1 T-cell _____ antigens activate immature and mature B cells polyclonally

Answer: independent

Flashcard 6: The enzymes responsible for gene recombination in heavy and light chains are encoded by the genes _____ and RAG2

Answer: RAG1

Flashcard 7: Isotype switching is induced by cytokines, including _____ and IL-4.

Answer: IFN-γ

Flashcard 8: _____ cells are induced to kill cells that have an absence of MHC I on their cell surface

Answer: Natural killer

Flashcard 9: Ig_____ exists as a pentamer held by a J chain when secreted

Answer: M

Flashcard 10: Antibody _____ occurs via somatic hypermutation (point mutations in variable region genes).

Answer: affinity maturation