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- 1. The ______ system is the network of vessels that returns interstitial fluid to bloodstream.
- 4. Molecule of microbes recognized by innate immune receptors.
- 5. 2, MHC class found primarily on professional antigen-presenting cells.
- 10. Organ that filters blood-borne pathogens.
- 12. A ____ cell is an APC that is especially important for priming naïve T cells.
- 13. CD4+ T cell that dampens the immune response.
- 16. Receptor on T cells that binds B7.
- 18. Molecule used by CTLs to poke holes in cell membranes targeted for apoptosis.
- 20. Cell death program triggered by CTLs.
- 22. Failure to respond to antigen due to lack of co-stimulation results in this process.
- 23. Co-stimulatory molecule on APCs that binds CD28.
- 24. ______ selection ensures T cells recognize self-MHC molecules.
- 28. _______ selection eliminates T cells that bind self-peptide too strongly.
- 30. An ___ cell is a T cell subtype that kills infected host cells.
- 31. Inability to distinguish self from nonself.
- 33. The ____ T cell subtype orchestrates immune responses using cytokines.
- 34. Receptor that deactivates an experienced T cell and is found on the same cell.
- 35. ______ describes rapid multiplication of antigen-specific lymphocytes.
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- 2. Organ where T-cell education occurs.
- 3. Abbreviated name for cytotoxic T lymphocyte.
- 4. Process by which a cell engulfs and degrades extracellular material.
- 6. Cytokine produced by helper T cells that activates macrophages.
- 7. B cell tolerance mechanism involves editing their ______.
- 8. Protein expressed by repeatedly activated T cells that triggers apoptosis when bound to its cognate ligand.
- 9. MHC _____ is the requirement that TCR recognize both peptide and MHC.
- 11. node, Site where B cells form germinal centers.
- 14. 1, MHC class that presents endogenous peptides to cytotoxic T cells.
- 15. T cell subtype that suppresses excessive immune responses.
- 17. Cytokine that drives clonal expansion of activated T cells.
- 19. Cell type that displays antigen on MHC II to helper T cells.
- 21. The co-______ signal is the two-signal requirement that prevents inappropriate T-cell activation.
- 25. Short protein fragment bound in the groove of an MHC molecule.
- 26. The _____ antigen is recognized by a matching lymphocyte receptor.
- 27. Specialized blood vessel that allows lymphocytes to exit circulation. Abbreviation for high endothelial venule.
- 29. Cellular compartment where ingested proteins are degraded for MHC II loading.
- 32. Protein complex that presents peptide fragments on cell surfaces.
