Immunology Acronym Crossword Puzzle

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