Immunology Section 4 PLC's

Pre Class Quiz Answers

Which of the following pathogens would be expected to generate a TH1-type response?
a. Helminths
b. Viruses
c. Vesicular Bacteria
d. Extracellular Bacteria
e. Fungi

Viruses and Vesicular Bactera

Which of the following is NOT a concern when designing a vaccine?
a. The stability of the vaccine at different temperatures
b. The type of pathogen being vaccinated against
c. The zoonotic origin of the pathogen
d. The vaccine’s effectiveness
e. The safety of compounds used for vaccination

c. The zoonotic origin of the pathogen

Malaria prefer to infect which type of cell to prevent TC-mediated killing?

Red Blood Cells

Passive immunizations contain which immune component?

Antibodies

Which vaccine type carries the highest potential for danger?

Attenuated Vaccines

Which of the following vaccines would require cold transport chains?
a. Attenuated Vaccines
b. Subunit Vaccines
c. DNA Vaccines
d. Inactivated Vaccines
e. Recombinant Vector Vaccines

Attenuated Vaccines and Recombinant Vector Vaccines

Cells typically initiate becoming cancerous due to a breakdown in which cellular pathway?

Cell Cycle Control

Down-regulation of which factor is one mechanism cancer cells can evolve to escape NK cell killing?

Stress Ligands

Which of these is not likely a potential tumor antigen?
a. A protein that has been mutated with the tumor cell
b. A protein that is only produced by tumor cells
c. All of these are potential tumor antigens
d. A protein that is highly over-expressed in a tumor cell
e. A protein that is only typically expressed within the fetus

c. All of these are potential tumor antigens