Self Quiz for The Innate Immune System: 6. Natural Killer (NK) Cells and Invariant Natural Killer T-Lymphocytes (iNKT)

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. Matching

_____ Recognize stress induced molecules such as MICA and MICB on the surface of tumor cells or infected cells. (ans)

_____ Recognize MHC-I molecules usually present on all nucleated cells of the body. (ans)

_____ Mechanism by which NK cells kill tumor cells and infected cells. (ans)

A. Apoptosis, a programmed cell suicide

B. Killer-activating receptors

C. Killer-inhibitory receptors

2. Epitopes of glycolipid antigens are recognized by iNKT lymphocytes by way of their _______. (ans)

3. iNKT cells promote both innate and adaptive immunity and may also regulate immune responses by way of the ____________ they produce once activated. (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.