Immunity to infection (2) - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What proinflammatory molecule is commonly produced by mast cells?	Histamine	63%
Innate lymphoid cells have common origins with NK cells however do not act in the same way they instead amplify signals during recognition, each of the theree protect against ne subtype of pathogen, 2 = parsasite/helminth, 3= bacteria/fungi but what does 1=?	Virus	63%
What is the name of the cell that is often referred to as a bridge between the innate and adaptive immune system?	Dendritic	56%
What type of cytokines do virally infected cells secrete in order to increase surrounding cells resistance to viruses?	Interferon	50%
What type of infections are NK cells especially important in?	Viral	50%
What is the cell surface molecule whos presence is being detected in these circumstances?	MHC1	38%
What molecule do NK cells use to form pores in target cell membranes?	Perforin	38%
Interleukin 12 (IL-12) and what other cytokine are produced by macrophages to help recruit NK cells and increase their proliferation when viral infections occur?	CXCL8	31%
Activated NK cells produce which interferon to upregulate macrophages killing ability?	Gamma	31%
Macrophages are sometimes split into two groups, one which secretes cytokines and other mediators stimulating the acute inflammatory response, and the others that are involved in parasite killing, what is the name for the latter?	M2	31%
NK cells may be trigerred to kill a cell by the presence of antibodies Fc regions that it can recognise, what is the name for this process?	ADCC	13%
What type of pathogen are basophils specifcallly good at attacking?	Helminths	13%
NK cells have two ways of recognising infected cells missing-self and?	Induced-self	6%
What is the common term for both mast cells and macrophages, when used in sensing damaged tissue?	Sentinel	6%

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