Cancer Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Gene Polymorphisms and Immunity
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What is a consequence of transplantation, especially of hematopoietic stem cells?

  • Defects in host immunity due to graft-versus-host disease (correct)
  • Immune system recovery
  • Enhanced host immunity
  • Increased susceptibility to bacterial infections
  • How do purine analogues and monoclonal antibodies contribute to impaired immunity?

  • By increasing phagocytosis of bacteria
  • By enhancing humoral immunity
  • By stimulating the innate immune system
  • By inducing neutropenia or deficient cellular immunity (correct)
  • What is a factor that influences individual susceptibility to infection?

  • Dose of immunosuppressive therapy
  • Type of antibiotic used
  • Type of malignancy being treated
  • Genetic makeup of the host (correct)
  • What is a component of the immune system that is believed to survive chemotherapy?

    <p>Innate immune system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a consequence of impaired humoral immunity?

    <p>Defective opsonization and phagocytosis of bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) contribute to impaired immunity?

    <p>By inducing neutropenia or deficient cellular immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines which components of the immune system become most important in a specific context of immune deficiency?

    <p>Specific context of the immune deficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a consequence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)?

    <p>Defects in host immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do genetic polymorphisms in immune genes influence individual susceptibility to infection?

    <p>Because of their influence on functional changes in immune genes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a consequence of treatment with immunosuppressive therapy?

    <p>Defects in host immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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