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Name one strong barrier againt pathogens and one more vulnerable barrier. |
Strong barrier: - Skin - Hair - Nails Vulnerable barrier: - Mucosal membranes |
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True/False: Only vertebrates have adaptive immunity |
True |
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Which celltypes can a monocyt become? |
A macrophage and a dendritic cell |
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True / False: NK cells and T cells have the same precursor |
True |
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Put the right ligand to the right receptor: Receptor: - Scavenger - Glucan - CR3 - Mannose Ligands: - Plasma proteins and carbohydrates - Negatively charged ligands - Microbial products - |
Mannose - Lectin Glucan - Lectin Scavenger - Negative charged proteins CR3 - Microbail products |
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Which receptors belongs to the lectin group? |
The mannose receptor and the glucan receptor. |
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Do TLR form homodimers of heterodimers? |
TLR form homo- and heterodimers |
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Why is it important that TNF-α induces protection at a local level instead a systemic protection? |
Because the infection is only at a local place, not systemically. And because to much tissue will be damaged when there is a systemic protection. |
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What is the roll of the dendritic cell in the adaptive immunity? |
It brings antigens (from a infection) to B- and T-cells. |
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Name at least 2 differences between the innate and the adaptive respons. |
Innate vs. Adaptive: - Rapid response vs. Slow respons - Fixed vs. Variable - Limitid specifications vs. highly selective specifications - Constant vs. Proliferation |
