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Autoimmunity

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Autoimmunity is characterized by all the following except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • It is when your immune system is acting against you

  • These are acute disease with evidence of active infection

  • It is due to failure of tolerance (both central and peripheral)

  • none of the above

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Frage 2 von 31

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Negative selection in the bone marrow and thymus means removal of self reactive antigen during development

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 3 von 31

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All of the following are a feature of peripheral tolerance except?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • No lymphocyte access to some tissues - ignorance

  • Induction of anergy in autoreactive B and T cells

  • Suppression of autoimmune responses by regulatory T cells - Foxp3

  • Expression of tissue specific protein in thymus - Aire

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Frage 4 von 31

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Central deletion or inactivation of newly formed lymphocytes is the first checkpoint of self-tolerance

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 5 von 31

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Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) is essential for acquisition of central T cell tolerance

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 6 von 31

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APECED syndrome is due to inactivating mutation of Foxp3

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 7 von 31

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all of the following are true about IPEX syndrome except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Autosomal dominant

  • Inactivating mutation or deletion of Foxp3

  • Polyendrocrinopathy

  • T reg absent or non-function

Erklärung

Frage 8 von 31

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All of the following about B cell tolerance are true except?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Deletion of self reactive IgM B cells in bone marrow is 100% efficient

  • We all have autoreactive B cells

  • Under normal circumstances a parallel autoreactive T cell will be absent and or a T reg will be present, so you are unlikely to have T cell help for autoreactive B cells

  • The presence of autoreative B cell becomes obvious as one ages and loses T cell mediated regulation

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Frage 9 von 31

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All of the following are true about auto immune diseases except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • MHC molecules which are able to efficiently present self antigen

  • A failure to delete or functional inactivate self reactive lymphocytes - Breakdown of immunological tolerance

  • Additional environmental and or genetic factors - Viral or bacterial infections, susceptibility genes, hormonal influences, toxins and tissue damage

  • None of the above

Erklärung

Frage 10 von 31

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Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with HLA B27

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 11 von 31

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People heterozygous for DQ2 and DQ8 are most susceptible to Type I Diabetes

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 12 von 31

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Sympathetic ophthalmia is an example of unveiling of antigens previously not accessible to the immune systems

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 13 von 31

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Molecular mimicry - an antibody of T cell response induced against a pathogen cross - reacts with a self antigen - ex Rheumatic fever - true of false

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 14 von 31

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An example for intermolecular epitope spreading is Pemphigus

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 15 von 31

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Over-expression of anti-inflammatory molecules and Underexpression of Pro-inflammatory molecules - is the aberrant expression seen in autoimmune diseases

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 16 von 31

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Autoimmune diseases are more common in males

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 17 von 31

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Smoking increases the autoimmune reaction by citrullinating the proteins

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 18 von 31

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Aging increases autoimmunity due to immune senescence

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 19 von 31

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All of the following about autoimmune hemolytic anemia are true except?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • HSR III

  • Produce autoantibodies against antigens on RBCs - IgG and IgM

  • It could be drug induced ex penicillin

  • Diagnosis by Direct Coombs test

Erklärung

Frage 20 von 31

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Goodpasture syndrome autoantibodies against alpha3 chain of type IV collagen in glomerular basement membrane and alveolar basement membrane

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 21 von 31

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A patient presents with multiple blisters on his back and both arms. You lightly rub his skin and another blister forms because you disrupted the connection between 200 desmosomes. All of the following are true about this disorder except?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • HSR II

  • Autoantibodies against desomogleins

  • intermolecular spreading

  • This condition is Pemphigus vulgaris

Erklärung

Frage 22 von 31

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Myasthenia Gravis is due to anti-ACH receptor antibodies and Lambert-Eaton syndrome is due to auto antibodies against voltage gated Calcium channels thereby inhibiting the release of calcium

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 23 von 31

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In all II and III HSR Plasmapheresis is not effective

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 24 von 31

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All II and III HSR antibodies can cross the placenta and can effect the fetus

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

Erklärung

Frage 25 von 31

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All of the following are true about IDDM except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Peptides associated with islet cell autoantigens Glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) are cross reactive with Coxsackie virus proteins

  • HSR III

  • Macrophage activation by TNFalpha and IL-1

  • Beta cell specific Th1 cells make IFNgamma

Erklärung

Frage 26 von 31

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All of the following are true about Multiple sclerosis except?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Destruction of myelin sheath of nerve fibers in brain and spinal cord due to autoreactive T cells - Type IV HSR

  • Areas of demyelination (plaques) seen on MRI

  • Candidate antigens: Myelin basic protein and Myelin Oligodendrocyte glycoprotein

  • completely curable

Erklärung

Frage 27 von 31

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All of the following are true about SLE except?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Most common autoimmune rheumatic disease

  • Intermolecular spreading

  • HSR IV

  • ANA test is a screening test only - anti-dsDNA, anti-snRNP or Sm(smith antigen) are also 100% specific for SLE

  • UV-B exposure and cigarette smoking are the environmental triggers

Erklärung

Frage 28 von 31

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All of the following are true about Rheumatoid arthritis except?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Presence of Rheumatoid factor is diagnostic of Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Infliximab, Adalimumab, Etanercept TNFR-IG all are effective against RA

  • Autoreative CD4 Tb1 cells and Tb17 cells against synovial tissue autoantigen

  • None of the above

Erklärung

Frage 29 von 31

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All of the following are true about Sjogren's syndrome except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands

  • HSR III

  • Shrimer's test - to test tear production, spit test are done

  • none of the above

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Frage 30 von 31

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All of the following are true about Wegener's Granulomatosis except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)

  • Saddle nose due to destruction of the cartilage

  • cavitary lesions are characteristic on chest xray

  • more common in females

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Frage 31 von 31

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All of the following are associated with scleroderma except

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Raynaud's syndrome

  • Sclerodactyly

  • Male predominance

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