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Which of the following is a similarity between the immune response to tumors and the immune response to transplanted tissues?
Which of the following is a similarity between the immune response to tumors and the immune response to transplanted tissues?
- Both responses involve the activation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) (correct)
- Both responses are only directed against specific cell types
- Both responses require the suppression of host immunity
- Both responses are directed against infectious cells
What is the main focus of transplantation medicine?
What is the main focus of transplantation medicine?
- Enhancing host responses to microbes
- Suppressing immune responses against grafted tissues (correct)
- Enhancing patients' immune responses against tumors
- Addressing fundamental and clinical questions in tumor immunology
Why are cancer immunotherapy and transplantation immunology considered subspecialties?
Why are cancer immunotherapy and transplantation immunology considered subspecialties?
- Because they both address fundamental questions in immunology
- Because they both focus on enhancing patients' immune responses
- Because they both involve the immune response to noninfectious cells (correct)
- Because they involve the activation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs)
Which type of tumor antigens are recognized by tumor-specific CD8+ T cells?
Which type of tumor antigens are recognized by tumor-specific CD8+ T cells?
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What are cancer/testis antigens?
What are cancer/testis antigens?
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What is known about the role of CD4+ T cells in tumor immunity?
What is known about the role of CD4+ T cells in tumor immunity?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of tumor immunity?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of tumor immunity?
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What type of tumor antigens are recognized by CD8+ CTLs?
What type of tumor antigens are recognized by CD8+ CTLs?
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Which of the following is NOT a type of tumor antigen?
Which of the following is NOT a type of tumor antigen?
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What is the relationship between the number of mutations in human cancers and the strength of antitumor immune responses?
What is the relationship between the number of mutations in human cancers and the strength of antitumor immune responses?
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