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The correct statement about active immunity is:

  1. It provides immediate relief

  2. It is long lasting immunity with no side effects

  3. ATS is used for active immunisation

  4. It cross the placental barrier


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Active immunity is the antibody response produced by the body when exposed to pathogens, vaccines etc. It is a long lasting immunity and has no side effects as these are WBCs produced by the body. 

So, the correct answer is 'it is long lasting immunity with no side effects''

Active immunity development is related to ______________.

  1. NK cells

  2. Memory cells

  3. $T _H$ cells

  4. $T _S$ cells


Correct Option: A

Von Behring was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of passive immunity

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Emil von Behring was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for his discovery of serum therapy for diphtheria. He and Shibasaburo Kitasato showed that serum from rabbits immunized with tetanus toxin could prevent tetanus in rabbits. Erlich's work demonstrating that increasing doses of bacterial toxins could provide immunity against lethal doses of toxin was the basis for the serum therapy findings. His work also led to the concepts of active and passive immunization, and to his Nobel Prize in 1908 awarded for establishing the field of humoral immunity. It is fitting to highlight Erlich's contribution to the initial conception of passive immunization in 2015, the 100 year anniversary of his death.


So, the correct option is 'True'.

What type of drug is cyclosporin?

  1. It treats male infertility.

  2. It suppresses immune response while an organ transplantation.

  3. It increases disease resistance capacity of children.

  4. It treats ovarian cysts.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cyclosporin is an immunosuppressive agent used in organ transplant patient. It is produced by fungus Trichoderma polysporum.

So, the correct  option is 'it suppresses immune response while an organ transplantation'.

 Anti-rejection medications are better known as 

  1. Analgesics.

  2. Immunosuppressant.

  3. Opiates.

  4. Psychoactive drugs.


Correct Option: B

Which of the following diseases are cured by an immunosuppressant drugs?

  1. Graft versus host diseases

  2. Bone marrow transplantation

  3. Haemoplhillia

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D

Which of the following immunosuppressant is used to prevent the acute rejection reactions?

  1. MHC I

  2. Antibodies

  3. MHC II

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Antibodies. Antibodies are sometimes used as a quick and potent immunosuppressive therapy to prevent the acute rejection reactions as well as a targeted treatment of autoimmune disorders 

GvHD occurs when 

  1. The host rejects the graft.

  2. The graft rejects the host.

  3. Host and graft reject each other.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: B

Which kind of graft is mostly preferred for burn patients?

  1. Isograft

  2. Autograft

  3. Allograft

  4. Xenograft


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Autograft is a surgical transplantation of any tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. It is used in several kinds of plastic surgery, most commonly to replace skin lost in severe burns in which the open wound is usually covered with autograft.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Graft between individuals of different species is called 

  1. Xenograft

  2. Isograft

  3. Autograft

  4. Allograft


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Grafting refers to a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another creature, without bringing its own blood supply with it. Instead, a new blood supply grows in after it is placed.
  • There are 4 types of grafting techniques. They are Allograft, Autograft, Isograft and Xenograft.
  • Xenograft is the Grafting between two individuals of different species. Most commonly from animal to man such as pig heart valve used to replace human.
  • Hence Graft between individuals of different species is called  Xenograft.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Xenograft'.

Cyclosporin A is used for

  1. Dissolving blood clots

  2. Lowering cholesterol level

  3. Immunosuppression

  4. Enhancing tenderness of meat


Correct Option: C

After any graft/organ transplant, which medications does a patient have to take all his/her life

  1. Immuno modulators

  2. Immuno suppressants

  3. Immuno Competors

  4. Immuno stimulants


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Immunosuppressants are drugs or medicines that lower the body's ability to reject a transplanted organ. Another term for these drugs is anti-rejection drugs. After an organ transplant, the patient needs to take immunosuppressant (anti-rejection) drugs. These drugs help prevent the immune system from attacking ("rejecting") the donor organ. Typically, they are taken for the lifetime of your transplanted organ. Other medications are taken to help the anti-rejection drugs do their job or control their side effects. Patients may also need to take medications for other health conditions.
So the correct option is 'immunosuppressants'.

Which of the following scientist got Nobel prize for research in organ transplantation and is also considered as the father of organ transplantation?

  1. Eduard Konrad Zirm

  2. Johns Hopkins

  3. Alexis Carrel

  4. Joseph Kelly


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Alexis Carrel won noble prize for his research in organ transplantation in the year 1912. He's also considered as father of organ transplantation and vascular anastomosis.

So, the correct  option is 'Alexis Carrel'.

The first organ transplant in India was done at

  1. Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu

  2. Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu

  3. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi

  4. King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The first organ transplant (kidney) performed in India was done at the King Edward Memorial Hospital at Bombay/Mumbai, Maharastra in May 1965.

So, the correct answer is option D.

Rejection of a transplant is an immune response of the type?

  1. B-lymphocyte mediated humoral response

  2. Helper T lymphocytes mediated humoral response

  3. Cell mediated involving cytotoxic T lymphocytes

  4. Cell mediated involving memory T lymphocytes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During transplantation of organs, rejection reactions may occur due to the activity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the recipient.

So, the correct option is 'Cell-mediated involving cytotoxic T lymphocytes'.

Major complication/s associated with prolonged glucocorticoidtherapy is/are

  1. Gastrointestinal ulcers

  2. Ostroporosis

  3. Increased secretion of HCI in stomach and pepsinogen

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

Immunosuppressive drugs possess great risk of infection because

  1. These act against specific antigen

  2. These act against all the antigens

  3. These act on antigenic receptors

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The immunosuppressive drugs are given to treat individuals with autoimmune disorders and to suppress immunity in order prevent host immune responses against antigens on the transplanted organ, thereby avoiding rejection. There are various kinds of immunosuppressive drugs; some drugs like Calcineurin inhibitors act on some of the immune cells which synthesize the receptors for antigen binding. None of the immunosuppressive drugs acts against antigens. However, use of the immunosuppressive drugs pose a risk of infection because they don't specifically inhibit certain cells that cause autoimmunity or transplant rejection, they inhibit the entire immune system making us vulnerable to infections. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Prolonged use of  which of the following immunosuppresants may cause immunosuppression of both innate and adaptive immunity?

  1. Tetracycline

  2. Opioids

  3. Analgesics

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B

 ............ is a immunosuppressant which is mainly used as a folic acid analogue.

  1. Methotrexate

  2. Tetracycline

  3. Azathioprine

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Methotrexate is an immunosuppressant mainly used as a folic acid analogue. It is known as amethopterin is a chemotherapy agent and immune system suppressant. It is used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, ectopic pregnancy and medical abortions. Used for include breast cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, lymphoma.

Which of the following class of immunosuppresants inhibit both T and B cell proliferation?

  1. Glucocorticoids

  2. Cytostatics

  3. Androgen

  4. Antibody


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cytostatics inhibit cell division. They affect the proliferation of both T cells and B cells. Due to their highest effectiveness.


 Which of the following immunosuppressant drugs is used is to slow down the progression of multiple sclerosis?

  1. IFN

  2. Mycophenolate

  3. Beta blocker

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

IFN is the immunosuppressive drug to slow down the progression of multiple sclerosis. It is used to treat various cancers and virus infections. It is same as protein that your body naturally produces. It is through to work by affecting cell function and body's natural defenses in many ways.

 ............. is a self-tissue transferred from one body site to another in the same individual.

  1. Autograft

  2. Isograft

  3. Xenograft

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

The transfer of tissue in monozygous twins can be categorized as

  1. Isograft.

  2. Autograft.

  3. Allograft.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A- An isograft is a graft of tissue between two individuals who are genetically identical i.e. monozygotic twins.Transplant rejection in such cases never occurs.

An organ donation from one person to another can be categorized as 

  1. Allograft.

  2. Xenograft.

  3. Autograft.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A- Allograft or allotransplant is the transplant of cells, tissues, or organs to a recipient from a genetically non-identical donor of same species. Most of the organ or tissue transplants in human are allografts.  

Graft recognizes the recipient as foreign which can be seen in

  1. Transplantation rejection.

  2. Graft versus host disease.

  3. Passive immunization.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Graft versus host disease is a condition that might occur after an allogeneic transplant. In this, the donated bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells view the recipient's body as foreign, and thus attack the body. 
So, the correct answer is option B.

Graft versus host disease mostly occurs after 

  1. Xenograft transplant.

  2. Allogenic transplant.

  3. Isograft transplant.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: B

The graft rejection takes place due to the presence of ________

  1. T cells

  2. B cells

  3. Mast cells

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Consider the following four statements (A -D) regarding kidney transplant and select the two options that are true

(A) Even if a kidney transplant is proper the recipient may need to take immuno-suppresants for a long time.

(B) The cell-mediated immune response is responsible for the graft rejection.

(C) The B - lymphocytes are responsible for rejection of the graft.

(D) The acceptance or rejection of a kidney transplant depends on specific interferons.

The two correct statements are

  1. (A) and (B)

  2. (B) and (C)

  3. (C) and (D)

  4. (A) and (D)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Immunosuppressants are drugs/medicines that lower the immune system's ability to reject a transplanted organ. Even though the transplant is proper, it is always advised to continue taking immunosuppressant medication.
But when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient's immune system and destroys the transplanted tissue is called as graft rejection. Lymphocytes of specific cell-mediated immunity (T-cells) are responsible for graft rejection.

Patients who have undergone organ transplants are given anti-rejection medications to

  1. Minimize infection

  2. Stimulate B-macrophage cell interaction

  3. Prevent T-lymphocyte proliferation

  4. Adopt the $HLA$ of donor


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • The drugs that lower the immune system' are called immunosuppressants. 
  • These drugs are given to prevent graft rejection by lowering the immune system's ability to reject the transplanted organ. 
  • If immunity is not lowered the T lymphocytes which are the components of cell-mediated immunity destroy the transplanted tissue causing graft rejection. Thus the correct answer is option C.

Which of the following is correct for immuno-modulators?

  1. They always suppress immune system

  2. They never suppress immune system

  3. They always stimulate immune system

  4. Specific immuno-modulators stimulate the immuno response of immune system, whereas some other immuno-modulators inhibit it


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Immuno-modulators are natural or synthetic substances that help to regulate or normalise the immune system. There are two types of immuno-modulators viz, immuno-suppressants, which cause immuno-suppression of the immune system and immuno-stimulants (immuno-stimulators) which stimulate immune system by inducing or increasing activity of any of its component. Thus the correct answer is option D.

Number of haplotypes present in an individual is 

  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Six

  4. Numerous


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A haplotype (haploid genotype) is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent. It is used in the collection of specific alleles (that is, specific DNA sequences) in a cluster of tightly linked genes on a chromosome that are likely to be inherited together. An individual will have two haplotypes, although at a population level there may be numerous haplotypes for any given stretch of chromosomal DNA.

So, the correct answer is 'Two'.

Haplotypes are identical in

  1. Identical twins

  2. Brothers and sisters

  3. Children and parents

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A haplotype (haploid genotype) is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent. It is used in the collection of specific alleles (that is, specific DNA sequences) in a cluster of tightly linked genes on a chromosome that are likely to be inherited together. The dizygotic twin pairs share two HLA haplotypes more often than ordinary siblings and thus might be genetically more alike.

So, the correct answer is 'Identical twins'.

Haplotype is

  1. A single genome

  2. Major histocompatability compklex

  3. Chain of HLA alleles inherited together

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A haplotype (haploid genotype) is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent. It is used in the collection of specific alleles (that is, specific DNA sequences) in a cluster of tightly linked genes on a chromosome that are likely to be inherited together.

So, the correct answer is 'Chain of HLA alleles inherited together'.

In tissue typing for organ transplant, which of the following is matched?

  1. HLA proteins

  2. HLA alleles

  3. Human leucocyte antigens

  4. Haplotypes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system or complex is a gene complex encoding the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins in humans. These cell-surface proteins are responsible for the regulation of the immune system in humans. Tissue typing is a group of procedures that determine the type of histocompatibility antigens on a person's cells or tissues. This procedure is typically used prior to transplantation of tissues or organs. In tissue typing HLA (human leucocyte antigen) are matched.

So, the correct answer is 'Human leucocyte antigens'.

Obstacle to large scale transplantation of organ is 

  1. Insufficiency of organ donors

  2. Immunological rejection of foreign bodies

  3. Religious or ethnic considerations

  4. Lack of effective surgical techniques


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The major problem in organ transplantation is transplant rejection, during which the body has an immune response to the transplanted organ(non-self), possibly leading to transplant failure and the need to immediately remove the organ from the recipient.

So, the correct answer is 'Immunological rejection of foreign bodies'.

Organ transplant rejection is prevented by

  1. Antibodies

  2. New T-cells

  3. immunostimulatory drugs

  4. Immunosuppressant drugs


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. One of the major problem associated with organ transplantation is the transplantation rejection, during which the body has an immune response to the transplanted organ leading to transplant failure and the need to immediately remove the organ from the recipient. In order to prevent the transplant rejection, the immunosuppressant drugs are used which suppresses the immune system responses.

So, the correct answer is 'Immunosuppressant drugs'.

Rejection of transplanted organ is prevented by regular use of

  1. Cyclosporin

  2. Calcitonin

  3. Thrombin

  4. Pyroxin

  5. Aspirin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cyclosporin is an effective immunosuppressant used in the treatment of autoimmune disorders (such as rheumatoid arthritis) and in organ transplantation to prevent rejection. Cyclosporin lowers the activity of T-cells and hence, suppressing the activity of the immune system. Cyclosporin was isolated from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum. Common side effects include high blood pressure, headache, kidney problems, increased hair growth, and vomiting.

So, the correct answer is 'Cyclosporin'.

Graft from foetal tissue is being used to cure

  1. Schizophrenia

  2. Leprosy

  3. Parkinson's disease

  4. Asthma


Correct Option: C

Oldest human transplant is _______________.

  1. Kidney transplant

  2. Liver transplant

  3. Heart transplant

  4. Corneal grafting


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An austrian opthalmologist transplanted the cornea in both eyes of a man who had previously been blinded.

HLA is group of

  1. Proteins

  2. Genes

  3. Polypeptides

  4. Chromosomes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system or complex is a gene complex encoding the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins in humans. These cell-surface proteins are responsible for the regulation of the immune system in humans.HLA is the major cause of organ transplant rejections.  Mutations in HLA may be linked to autoimmune disease. Hence, HLA is a group of genes.

So, the correct answer is 'Genes'.

Drug  for a medical treatment is obtained from organism.Find the correct option

  1. Heart-Penicillium

  2. Organ transplant-Trichoderma

  3. Swine Flu-Monascus

  4. AIDS-Pseudomonas


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Trichoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae.
  • Cyclosporine A (CsA), a calcineurin inhibitor produced by the fungi Trichoderma polysporum is an immunosuppressant prescribed in organ transplants to prevent rejection.
  • Hence Drug for medical treatment is obtained from organism Trichoderma.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Option B'.

Transgenic pigs with genes for human antigens will be useful for

  1. Providing best human foods

  2. Resistance to common human diseases

  3. Having all important blood factors

  4. Organ transplantation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Genetically modified pigs can be used as organ donors for xenotransplantation.

Rejection of organ transplant is due to

  1. NK cells

  2. B-cells

  3. Cytotoxic T-cells

  4. Suppressor cells


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Transplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient's immune system, which destroys the transplanted tissue. Killer T cells, also called cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), have CD8 receptors that recognize the transplanted tissue's MHC (major histocompatibility complex) class I molecules, which display the donor's self-antigens. Thereupon, the T cell receptors (TCRs) of the killer T cells recognize their matching epitope and trigger the target cell's programmed cell death by apoptosis.

So, the correct answer is 'Cytotoxic T-cells'.

Grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to 

  1. Humoral immune system

  2. Cell mediated immune response

  3. Passive immune response

  4. Innate immune response


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to the cell-mediated immune response that is mediated by T-lymphocytes.
  •  The body is able to differentiate 'self' and 'non-self'. 
  • Therefore, tissue matching, blood group matching are essential before undertaking any graft/transplant and even after this the patient has to take immunosuppressants all his/her life.
  •  Hence, the Grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to Cell-mediated immune response.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Cell-mediated immune response'.

Read the following statement having two blanks (A and B). "A drug used for A patients is obtained from a species of the organism B. The one correct option for the two blanks is

  1. A-heart, B-Penicillium

  2. A-organ-transplant, B-Trichoderma

  3. A-swine flu, B-Monascus

  4. A-AIDS, B-Pseudomonas


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A) $Penicillium$ is an antibiotic and is not related to heart patients.
B) $Trichoderma\quad polysporum$ is a fungus that is used to produce the drug cyclosporine which is used to overcome rejection reactions after organ translplants.
C) $Monascus\quad purpureus$ is a yeast from which statins are produced which acts as a clot buster and controls cholesterol levels. It is not related to swine flu.

D) $Pseudomonas$ is an infection causing bacteria. AIDS is caused by a virus.
So the correct answer is 'A-organ-transplant, B-Trichoderma'.

Major histocompatibility (MHC) complex genes are present in which of the following chromosome of humans?

  1. Chromosome 22

  2. Chromosome 7

  3. Chromosome 6

  4. X chromosome


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A group of genes that code for proteins found on the surfaces of cells that help the immune system recognize foreign substances Major histocompatibility (MHC) complex genes. In vertebrates, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes present on chromosome 6 code for a set of cell surface proteins that are  essential for the acquired immune system to recognize foreign molecules, which determines histocompatibility.

So, the correct  option is 'chromosome 6'.

Which of the following drugs is used in leukaemia patients as an immunosuppressant?

  1. Cyclophosphamide

  2. Tetracycline

  3. Beta blockers

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A-Cyclophosphamide CP known as cytophoshphane among other names is a medication used as chemotherapy and to suppress the immune system. Chemotherapy is used to treat lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, neuroblastoma, and sarcoma.

So the correct option is A.

Azathioprine is given before and after organ transplant because

  1. It inhibits mitosis.

  2. It decreases T and B cell proliferation.

  3. It inhibits meiosis.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: D

 ............. are fungal metabolites with immunosuppressive properties.

  1. Cyclosporin A

  2. Rapamycin

  3. Tetracycline

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D

Cyclosporin is useful in

  1. Prophylactic for viruses

  2. Immunosuppressant

  3. Prophylactic for marasmus

  4. Treating allergic eozema


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cyclosporin is an effective immunosuppressant used in the treatment of autoimmune disorders (such as rheumatoid arthritis) and in organ transplantation to prevent rejection. Cyclosporin lowers the activity of T-cells and hence, suppressing the activity of the immune system. Cyclosporin was isolated from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum. Common side effects include high blood pressure, headache, kidney problems, increased hair growth, and vomiting. So, the correct answer is 'Immunosuppressant'.

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