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Q. X-linked hyper IgM syndrome, resulting in high levels of serum IgM and low levels of serum IgG, is caused by a defect in CD40L expression. The specific immune event that would be prevented by a defective CD40L would be

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Q. Combined cellular and humoral immune deficiencies result from lack of all of the following except

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Q. Which of the following is in the lymph nodes of a person battling a cold virus?

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Q. To detect a humoral immune response to influenza virus, it is possible to measure

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Q. During exposure to a foreign invader, there are more __________ present in the vertebrate body than before exposure

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Q. What are the solutions prepared from weakened or dead microorganisms, viruses, or toxins that provide some immunity from diseases?

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Q. What is the result of an abnormal response of the immune system to part of a person's own body?

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Q. Immunological memory is due to

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Q. The immune response to a booster vaccine is called a(n)

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Q. Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

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Q. Polysaccharides on the surface of infecting microorganisms can also activate complement directly in the absence of

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