EMI 2.06 Quiz

Which type of immune cell is crucial for initiating adaptive immune responses by processing and presenting antigens via MHC class II molecules to naive T cells, playing a key role in oral immune surveillance and periodontal disease progression?

APC

From DNA to RNA. Alterations in this process in cancer can lead to overexpression of oncogenes or silencing of tumour suppressor genes.

Transcription

Which cytokine, predominantly produced by activated T cells and natural killer cells, plays a crucial role in macrophage activation, enhances antigen presentation, and is implicated in periodontal disease progression due to its pro-inflammatory effects?

IFN-y

This is thought to be the central cause of around 10% of all cancers. This is particularly relavent to oropharyngeal cancer, cervical cancer and liver cancer

Viral infection