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Inflammation
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Type IV
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What type of allergens are the most allergenic? Correct answer: Proteins
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What sets the stage for the reactions that occur upon repeated exposure to the same allergen in a type I hypersensitivity reaction?
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Mast cells have important roles in the development of allergies. This is due to all but which of the following reasons.
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What is the most abundant and fastest acting cytokine released by mast cells? Correct answer: Histamine
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A person with type A blood has what type of ABO antibodies in their plasma?
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Anti-B
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Because neither A nor B antigens are present on their red blood cells
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The maternal antibodies that cross the placenta and lead to the development of erythroblastosis fetalis are of what class?
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Ig G
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In what manner does a type III hypersensitivity reaction differ from a type II hypersensitivity reaction? Correct The antigens involved in a type III reaction are not bound to a cell's surface, while those involved in a answer: type II reaction are bound to the surface
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It is a systemic reaction
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The lack of which immunoglobulin class is the most prevalent, occurring in about one person in 600? Ig Correct answer: A
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Serum sickness
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Type IV
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What cells initially recognize grafted foreign tissue and begin the process of rejection?
Cytotoxic T cells
When a person consents to be an organ donor upon his/her death, what is the most likely procedure that will be performed with the donated organs? Correct answer: Allograft
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T cell defects
Although not yet a reality, scientists hope to use what procedure to treat both X-linked and ADA types of SCID? Correct answer: Gene therapy
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Which is incorrect about human ABO antigens? Correct answer: Only red blood cells carry the A and B antigen.
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Molecular Mimicry
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Alergy injections to promote desensitization to a specific allergan may be beneficial against all of the following except: Correct answer: Foods
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The primary types of cells that operate in surveillance and destruction of tumor cells are cytotoxic T cells, NK cells, and what other cell type? Correct answer: Macrophages