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Title: What is the result when a dendritic cell phagocytizes a microbe and processes it?
Post by: melly21297 on Oct 17, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following cytokines promotes the development of a cell-mediated immune response?
◦ alpha interferon
◦ chemokines
◦ IL-4 (interleukin-4)
◦ IL-12
◦ tumor necrosis factor (TNF)

Question 2

What is the result when a dendritic cell phagocytizes a microbe and processes it?
◦ display of epitope-MHC I complexes on the surface of the cell
◦ display of microbial epitope-MHC II complexes on the cell surface
◦ suppression of the immune response to the microbe
◦ display of microbial fragments with CD8 glycoproteins
◦ activation of the dendritic cell to become a plasma cell

Title: What is the result when a dendritic cell phagocytizes a microbe and processes it?
Post by: ebenov on Oct 17, 2019

Answer 1

IL-12

Answer 2

display of microbial epitope-MHC II complexes on the cell surface