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Immunology 9
drspleen - 03-18-11 06:34
A 45-year-old African-American female presents to the emergency room with a change in mental status. She was brought by her sister who states that the patient has been extremely tired and has lost 40 pounds over the past month. The patient is taken to the intensive care unit and stabilized. Blood work is sent to virology, which shows a new type of virus that uses T helper cell 1 as its vehicle, but is destroyed by T helper cell 2. Amplification of which of the following interleukins would best help this patient recover from the viral infection?
* A. Interleukin 5
* B. Interleukin 4
* C. Tumor necrosis factor alpha
* D. Interleukin 12
* E. Inteferon-gamma
drspleen - 03-18-11 06:34
A 45-year-old African-American female presents to the emergency room with a change in mental status. She was brought by her sister who states that the patient has been extremely tired and has lost 40 pounds over the past month. The patient is taken to the intensive care unit and stabilized. Blood work is sent to virology, which shows a new type of virus that uses T helper cell 1 as its vehicle, but is destroyed by T helper cell 2. Amplification of which of the following interleukins would best help this patient recover from the viral infection?
* A. Interleukin 5
* B. Interleukin 4
* C. Tumor necrosis factor alpha
* D. Interleukin 12
* E. Inteferon-gamma
The correct answer and explanation will be available after you answer.
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Re: Immunology 9 babbu5508 - 03-18-11 18:20 My answer is: b.
Amplification of interleukin 4 would best help this patient recover from the viral infection...becuse it prevents TH1 cell proliferation
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