Exam 16: Disorders in Immunity

The chemical mediator that causes prolonged bronchospasm,vascular permeability,and mucus secretion of asthmatic patients is

Which type/s of hypersensitivities is IgG is involved with?

Which of the following is not a target for immune complex deposition?

The study of diseases associated with excesses and deficiencies of the immune system is

The tuberculin reaction develops within 30 minutes of the skin test in people with prior sensitization due to tuberculosis infection.

Allergies run in families because

Degranulation of mast cells leads to

You were out in the garage going through boxes when you were bitten by an a spider.You tell the doctor that the spider was tiny and black,causing the doctor to think perhaps that it was a black widow spider The doctor gives you an injection of antibody to the spider venom to give you immediate protection.The antibody is produced in horses by injecting them with small doses of the spider venom,causing the horse's immune system to make large amounts of specific antibody to the antigen.The horse serum is then purified before being given to humans. A week later,you notice a red rash spreading away from the injection spot,where the doctor gave you the anti-venom shot.A few days later,the rash has spread and swelling in also present.You have joint pain as well as sore muscles all over your body.The lymph nodes in the armpit are swollen and painful.Going back to the doctor,he diagnoses you with:

Corticosteroids will

Human blood types involve all of the following except

What can be a consequence of a genetic deficiency in B-cell survival and maturity?

All of the following are associated with IgE and mast-cell-mediated allergy except