Immunology Crossword
Across
- 3. Autoimmune regulator
- 4. Family name for cytokines that help cells to resist viral infections
- 6. A mechanism NK cells use to induce
- 7. Genes essential for Ig and TCR gene
- 9. The part of an antibody responsible for antigen binding
- 11. Protein family to which antibodies and B-cell receptors belong
- 15. A cell that is able to present antigen via MHC molecules to tcell receptors on T cells
- 19. The Ag receptor on T cells
- 20. Human immunodeficiency virus
- 22. in the presentation of peptide antigens to T cells
- 23. A cell wall component of gram negative bacteria which can be bound by TLR-4 on macrophages and dendritic cells
- 24. A type of APC that presents antigen in the context of MHC to T cells
- 27. Designation for a family of cell surface molecules
- 30. The end stage of disease in HIV infection
- 31. Acronym for immune response
Down
- 1. Receptors on immune cells and epithelial cells that recognize and bind to PAMPs on microbes
- 2. A molecule that is recognized in native(original) structure by antibodies
- 3. In virally infected cells or tumor cells
- 5. B lymphocyte that upon activation can differentiate into plasma cells secreting
- 8. Mannose binding lectin
- 10. sIg on B cells that binds Ag and transmits signal 1 to activate B cells
- 12. Acronym for Membrane attack complex
- 13. Multiple drug treatment for HIV infection
- 14. Immunoglobulin secreted by plasma cells
- 16. Large granular lymphocyte that serves as an innate effector cell by inducing apoptosis of target cells (virally infected cells or tumor cells)
- 17. CD8+ T cells with the effector function of targeting and killing virally infected cells and tumor cells by apoptosis
- 18. Thymus-derived lymphocyte that are comprised of two different subsets, CD4 T cells and CD8 T cells
- 21. molecules or B memory cells
- 25. Amino acid sequence in cytoplasmic domains of membrane receptors involved in signal transduction
- 26. Acronym for cell adhesion molecule
- 28. Adaptive immune responses in which there is a major role for effector T cells
- 29. Repeating molecular patterns on microbes that are recognized by PRRs on immune cells
- 32. Recombination signal sequences