
Read the following statements:
(i) Drugs such as adrenaline, antihistamines and hormones relieve allergy effects.
(ii) For autoimmune diseases, the immune system lacks the potential to create a distinction between foreign species and the body.
(iii) The antibodies are the receptors present on B –lymphocytes which recognize distinct antigen sites.
(iv)Interferons are the category of proteins formed by the cells infected with viruses.
Which of the above statements are correct?

Important Questions on Human Health and Disease
Statement (S): Natural killer cells form the body's most important cells of defence, and they destroy the infected cells or altered self cells in an antibody-independent manner.
Reason (R): The reaction time of NK cells is fast as they are always in an active form to identify and destroy even small cancer cells well before they form a tumor.
Which of the following is true?


Study the following:
Statement : cells are involved in humoral and cell mediated immunity.
Statement : Natural killer cells are a type of lymphocytes.
The correct option among the following is



Read the following statements
I) lymphocytes are involved only in cell mediated immunity.
II) Thymus gland of mammals is a secondary lymphoid organ.
III) The part of antibody that recognises and binds to an antigen is called epitope.
IV) Interleukins are primarily involved in differentiation of the cells of immune system.
Among the above, the incorrect statements are







Match the following about immune system
List I | List I | ||
A | Complement proteins | I | Stimulate phagocytosis |
B | Tc cells | II | Microglia in brain |
C | Cytokines | III | Inflammation |
D | Mononuclear phagocytes | IV | Membrane attack complex |
V | Cell mediated immunity |
The correct answer is


Match the following:
Set-I | Set-II | ||
(A) | Vaccination | (I) | Artificial passive immunity |
(B) | Granzyme release | (II) | Cell-mediated immunity |
(C) | Lysozyme mediated | (III) | Artificial active immunity |
(D) | Antivenin | (IV) | Innate immunity |
The correct match is






