A woman who has received a double lung transplant for cystic fibrosis is experiencing signs of rejection. The immune response which predominates is the:
A) Humoral
B) Nonspecific
C) Cellular
D) Mitigated
Ans: C
Feedback: Most immune responses to antigens involve both humoral and cellular responses, although only one predominates. During transplantation rejection, the cellular response predominates; whereas in bacterial pneumonias and sepsis, the humoral response plays the dominant role. Mitigated and nonspecific cell response is not noted in this situation.
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