Immunology Acronym Crossword Puzzle

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