IMMUNOLOGY PURSUITIMMUNOLOGY PURSUIT

General Immunology

Specific Response

Non Specific Response

HIV Definitions and Acronyms

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QUESTION

• What type of immunity is activated when a splinter first enters the body?

ANSWER

• INNATE or TYPE 1

QUESTION

• : What is a latent virus?

ANSWER

• One which remains inactive in the body causing no damage until activated later on.

QUESTION

• What types of cells produce and hold antibodies?

ANSWER

• B cells

QUESTION

• What cells are involved in the Cell-Mediated responses?

ANSWER

• T Cells

QUESTION

• What cells have many finger like projections coming from the surface?

ANSWER

• Dendritic Cells

QUESTION

• To what structure do antibodies bind?

ANSWER

• Antigens

BONUS ROLL

• Free second turn whenever you want if you get the question correct.

BONUS QUESTION

• What are the two categories of T cells?

BONUS ANSWER

• Helper T cells and Cytotoxic T Cells

QUESTION

• : Are antibodies the “good guys” or “bad guys”?

ANSWER

• Good Guys

QUESTION

• What cells are involved in the Humoral response?

ANSWER

• B Cells

QUESTION

• What are naïve T cells?

ANSWER

• T cells which have not been activated

QUESTION

• From what cell do both T and B cells originate from?

ANSWER

• Hematopoietic Stem Cells

QUESTION

• What are the 5 characteristics of the inflammatory response?

ANSWER

• Redness, Heat, Swelling, Pain and decreased mobility

QUESTION

• What cells release histamines?

ANSWER

• Histamines

QUESTION

• What 2 types of cells help to eat or engulf pathogens?

ANSWER

• Phagocytic cells and Macrophages

QUESTION

• What types of structures do vaccines help to maintain?

ANSWER

• Antibodies

QUESTION

• What cells include antigen presenting cells?

ANSWER

• Dendritic cells, tissue macrophages and B cells

QUESTION

• Approximately how many million of people are living with AIDS in 2003?

ANSWER

QUESTION

• What types of cells are most affected by HIV?

ANSWER

• HELPER T CELLS

QUESTION

• What was the most likely means of the HIV virus moving across species boundaries from the simians to humans?

ANSWER

• Eating monkey meat infected with SIV

QUESTION

• Name 5 common opportunistic infections.

ANSWER

QUESTION

• Which cell receptor is primarily involved in HIV?

ANSWER

• Gp120

DEFINITION

• Epidemic

ANSWER

• Spread of many cases of a disease over a large geographic area

DEFINITION

• TNF

ANSWER

• Tumor Necrosis Factor

DEFINITION

MHC

ANSWER

• Major Histocompatibility Complex

DEFINITION

• Processed

ANSWER

• A protein which has been broken down to smaller pieces (peptides).

DEFINITION

• Epitope

ANSWER

• The specific are of an antigen which binds to the antibody