Immunology quiz

Which is the most recently discovered mechanism of pathogen killing?

• NETosis

• Degranulation

• Phagocytosis

What is the main enzyme used in phagocytes to generate reactive oxygen species?

• NADPH Oxidase

• Neutrophil elastase

• Myeloperoxidase

Which cell type is the most abundant and the first to reach the site of infection?

• Macrophage

• Neutrophil

• Dendritic cell

What antibody isotype is able to cross the placenta?

• IgD

• IgA

• IgG

Which B cell is involved in antibody secretion?

• Plasma B cell

• Memory B cell

• Germinal center B cell

Which cell type has a key role in the pathology of asthma?

• Basophil

• Macrophage

• Eosinophil

Which cell type is a key player in modulating the adaptive immune response (specifically T cell)?

• Dendritic cell

• B cell

• Neutrophil

What is the process know as, that immune cells use to migrate towards a chemical gradient?

• Swarming

• Chemotaxis

• Migration

What cells are MHC class I molecules on?

• Immune cells

• Both immune and nucleated cells

• All nucleated cells

Which of these TLRs detect extracellular pathogens?

• TLR7

• TLR9

• TLR4