Immunology Acronym Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Human immunodeficiency virus
  2. 8. large granular lymphocyte that serves as an innate effector cell by inducing apoptosis of target cells
  3. 9. immunoglobulin secreted by plasma cells
  4. 10. Cluster of differentiation
  5. 11. Antigen presenting cell
  6. 12. Cell mediated immunity
  7. 13. lipopolysaccharide
  8. 14. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
  9. 15. tumor necrosis factor-alpha
  10. 19. family name for cytokines that help cells to resist viral infections; type 1 interferons include IFN-alpha and IFN-beta, as distinguished from IFN-gamma.
  11. 21. Complementarity determining regions
  12. 22. Family names of chemokine receptors, the receptors that chemokines bind to all cell attraction to specific areas in the body.
  13. 23. Interleukin
  14. 24. receptors on immune cells and epithelial cells that recognize and bind to PAMPs on microbes
  15. 25. Recombination-activating gene
  16. 27. intracellular adhesion molecules: cells surface ligands for the leukocyte integrins; Critical in binding of lymphocytes and other leukocytes to certain cells.
  17. 28. Recombination signal sequences
Down
  1. 2. Immunoglobulin, protein family to which antibodies and B-cell receptors belong
  2. 3. a molecule that is recognized in native (original) structure by antibodies or B cell receptor, or a peptide that is presented by MHC molecules to T cell receptor.
  3. 4. thymus-derived lymphocyte that are comprised of two different subsets, CD4 T cells and CD8 T cells
  4. 5. Human leukocyte antigen
  5. 6. Major histocompatibility complex
  6. 7. Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity
  7. 15. T-cell receptor: the Ag receptor on T cells
  8. 16. Regulatory CD4+ T cells, regulatory T cells: a T cell subset that is responsible for suppressing or limiting immune responses
  9. 17. c-reactive protein
  10. 18. B cell receptor: sIg on B cells that binds Ag and transmits signal 1 to activate B cells.
  11. 19. immune response
  12. 20. Toll-like receptor
  13. 21. Cell adhesion molecule
  14. 26. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  15. 29. Systemic lupus erythematosus