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Immune tolerance

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What is the definition of tolerance?
  • A state of immune unresponsiveness towards antigens
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Where does central tolerance develop?
  • Thymus
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What are the two processes of selection known as?
  • Positive selection
  • Negative selection
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What are the four ways peripheral tolerance can be achieved in T cells?
  • Ignorance
  • Anergy
  • Cell death
  • Immune deviation/suppression
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What is the process in which one T cell response is selectively induced over another?
  • Immune deviation
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What is the definition of tolerance?
  • A state of immune unresponsiveness towards antigens
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What subtype are regulatory T cells?
  • CD4+
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What part of the body do Treg cells develop?
  • Thymus
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What typical inhibitory cytokines do Treg cells secrete?
  • IL-4
  • IL-10
  • TGF-β
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The mechanism of suppression of Treg cells depends on the binding of which receptors?
  • Treg CTLA-4 to target cell B7
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What is the transcription repressor unique to Treg cells?
  • FoxP3
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