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1. Which statement about vaccines is true? 2. What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection? 3. Cells in _____ may act as a reservoir in which HIV can be relatively protected from antiv... iral drugs 4. What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide? 5. Which statement is true about fungal infections? 6. Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do neutrophils actively attack, engulf, and destroy by phagocytosis? 7. What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction? 8. In which primary immune deficiency is there a partial to complete absence of T-cell immunity? 9. What is the mechanism in type II hypersensitivity reactions? 10. In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of 11. Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(n) 12. Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function? 13. What disease involves the deposition of circulating immune complexes containing an antibody against host DNA, resulting in tissue damage? 14. Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)? 15. The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to 16. Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful. 17. Which hormone increases the formation of glucose from amino acids and free fatty acids? 18. By what process does the ras gene convert from a proto-oncogene to an oncogene? 19. What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-) in cell metastasis? 20. Which cytokine is involved in producing cachexia syndrome? 21. Intestinal polyps are benign neoplasms and the first stage in development of colon cancer. These findings support the notion that 22. In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a piece of chromosome 9 fuses to a piece of chromosome 22. This is an example of which mutation of normal genes to oncogenes? 23. Which of the following represents the correct nomenclature for benign and malignant tumors of adipose tissue, respectively? 24. Which characteristic among women correlates with a high morbidity of cancer of the colon, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, breast, uterus, and kidney? 25. Childhood exposure to all of the following risk factors increases susceptibility to cancer except [Show More]

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