Describe the roles of interleukins, kinins, and complement in immunity. How does interleukin-1 mediate the immune response?
What will be an ideal response?
Interleukins mediate the inflammatory response, induce fever, stimulate cytokine and endocrine secretion, and
promote other aspects of immune response. Kinins are inactive plasma proteins that are part of a cascade producing
the end-product bradykinin. Bradykinin promotes inflammation and causes pain. Complement proteins are part of
a cascade producing a membrane attack complex that can lyse pathogens. Complement proteins stimulate other
aspects of the immune response as well.
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List 4 rules or regulations that are used by the DHI program
What will be an ideal response?
Genes produce their products ________
A) only when the appropriate hormone is present B) when the transcription activator is inhibited by an extracellular signal C) as their products are needed or not D) at a steady rate all the time
Which of the following best describes the cerebrum?
A) motor command center B) executive suite C) visceral command center D) decussation center
Three adjacent nucleotides in mRNA are called a
A. pre-mRNA. B. gene. C. codon. D. ribosomal RNA (rRNA). E. proenzyme.