Immunology Acronym Crossword Puzzle

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