Across
- 2. The _____ is guarding the groove of the MHC molecule.
- 6. _____ proteins are responsible making sure CTLA-4 and PD-1 function properly to help decommission T cells as a negative immune regulator.
- 9. Unlike B cells, T cells cannot undergo ______ to change the affinity of their TCRs for their cognate antigen.
- 10. _____ co-receptors will only clip onto class I MHC molecules.
- 12. Activated _____ cells recruit their own replacements.
- 13. Lymphoid follicles are specialized regions of _____ lymphoid organs in which B cells percolate through a lattice of follicular dendritic cells.
- 15. _____ co-receptors will only clip onto class II MHC molecules.
- 16. What type of antibodies does a virgin B cell mainly produce when first activated?
- 18. What type of cytokines will help you when you are attacked by fungi or extracellular bacteria?
- 19. ______ that bind to Class II molecules are longer than those that occupy the closed groove of class I molecules.
- 20. T cells require extensive receptor _____ by MHC peptide complexes.
Down
- 1. signaling involves clustering ____ together in one area of the T cell surface.
- 3. In response to antigens, virgin B cells can be activated with minimal help from the T cell. This is known as T cell - ______.
- 4. Dendritic cells function as a _____ between the innate and adaptive systems.
- 5. An external region which binds to a molecule, involved in transmembrane proteins.
- 7. What type of antibody is least abundant in the human body?
- 8. What type of cytokine is responsible for instructing the innate and adaptive systems to mobilize cells and produce antibodies that are effective against invaders?
- 10. Movement of the immune system through a lymph node is orchestrated by up and downregulation of chemokine receptors and _____.
- 11. _____ is made of a heavy chain and a light chain.
- 14. The ____ region of an antibody determines both its class and its function.
- 15. Antibody class switching is controlled by the ____ that B cells encounter to switch place.
- 17. What type of B cell produces one kind of BC or antibody?
