Self Quiz for "Early Induced Innate Immunity: 10. The Acute Phase Response

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. Briefly describe the mechanism behind the acute phase response. (ans)

2. An acute phase protein that binds to phospholipids in microbial membranes, sticks the micobe to phagocytes, and activates the classical complement pathway is ___________________. (ans)

3. An acute phase protein that binds to mannose in microbial walls, sticks the micobe to phagocytes, and activates the lectin pathway is ___________________. (ans)

4. Multiple Choice (ans)

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.