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USMLE Step 1 Immunology

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1. What happens in a secondary follicle?






2. What are the autoantibodies for primary biliary cirrhosis?






3. where are complements produced?






4. In thymic development - What is the positive selection? negative selections?






5. What is recomb alpha interferon used for?






6. To what portion of the Antibody do the complements bind?






7. what secretes IL 4?






8. What is hereditary angioedema? What are the C3 levels?






9. How do you test for chronic granulomatous disease?






10. what happens in order for class switching to occur (after being activated by IL and cd40 L)?






11. What part of the lymph node specifically expands during a cellular immune response? when would this occur?






12. What does IgA pick up from epithelial cells before being secreted?






13. which antibody is involved in the primary response or immediate response to an antigen?






14. What is recomb beta interferon used for?






15. What is the main function of interferons?






16. All transplant rejections - _____________ are mediated by Type IV hypersensitivity






17. What are the autoantibodies for polymyositis and dermatomyositis?






18. How fast does it occur?






19. What does CD16 on NK cells do?






20. What kinds of receptors activate innate immunity?






21. What is the arthus reaction? What is the difference between arthus and serum sickness? give an example. How do you test for it?






22. What is Aldesleukin? What is it used for






23. The pathogenesis of contact dermatitis is ________ hypersensitivity






24. IgG...






25. What is chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis d/t?






26. IgM can fix complement but...






27. What are target cells?






28. can igG cross the placenta?






29. The lymphocytes are ________ origin






30. What is wiskott aldrich syndrome? What is its mode of inheritance? What is the pathogenesis of disease? What is its triad of presentation? what labs does it present with?






31. What is the pathology in hyperacute transplant rejection?






32. What are the sinusoids of the spleen? What is the difference between a spleen and a lymph node?






33. Which antibody mediates immunity to worms? how?






34. What portion of the lymph node is not well developed in DiGeorge Syndrome?






35. What lymph node drains the thigh?






36. What is the toxicity of muromonab?






37. Name the three opsonins






38. In general What are T cells good for?






39. what cell surface proteins are on all APCs?






40. What is an example of a parasite showing antigenic variation?






41. Which HLA's are included in MHC I? MHC II?

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42. Which are the only two antiinflammatory cytokines?






43. what else does interferon gamma do other than inducing ribonuclease production - activating NK cells - inducing increased MHC expression?






44. What is a factor that is a predictor for a bad transplantation?






45. What does it mean if there are igM in the serum at birth?






46. The Fc region is found on the...






47. Describe the interstitial tissue of a spleen including the sinuses. What type of cells are found in the four structures (cortex - paracortex - medulla and sinuses)?






48. Complements are...






49. What is the defect in hyper IgM syndrome? What are the lab results?






50. What are howell jolly bodies?






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