The nurse is educating a client with an autoimmune disorder about immune tolerance. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching?
A) "Humoral tolerance refers to the ability to differentiate foreign antigens from self-antigens."
B) "Self-tolerance refers to the elimination of self-reactive T-cells and B-cells in the thymus."
C) "Central tolerance refers to the loss of self-tolerance that occurs as a result of the development of autoantibodies."
D) "Peripheral tolerance occurs when certain immune cells are not eliminated in the central lymphoid organs."
D) "Peripheral tolerance occurs when certain immune cells are not eliminated in the central lymphoid organs."
Explanation: A) Humoral tolerance refers to the loss of self-tolerance that occurs as a result of the development of autoantibodies.
B) Self-tolerance refers to the ability to differentiate foreign antigens from self-antigens.
C) Central tolerance refers to the elimination of self-reactive T-cells and B-cells in the thymus and bone marrow, respectively.
D) Peripheral tolerance occurs from the deletion or inactivation of autoreactive T-cells or B-cells that escaped elimination in the central lymphoid organs.
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