Statistics for Immunity to infection (3/cytokines)

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the name given to a chemical released by a cell acts on the same cell that secreted it?	Autocrine	56%
What is the name for the subgroup of cytokines, one of which being CXCL8, which are involved in controlling cell movement?	Chemokines	56%
Leukotrienes are one but what is the other potent inflammatory mediator that is a breakdown product of arachadonic acid, and leads to vasodilation and increased vascular permeability?	Prostaglandin	56%
The kinin system results in the production of a molecule that increases vascular permeability, induces vasodilation, pain and activates complement what is the molecule?	Bradykinin	44%
What group of cytokine's function is generally antiviral and cell activating?	Interferon	33%
What is the name of the signal transduction pathway that cytokines work through?	Jak/STAT	22%
IL-6 induces the release of both fibrinogen and C-reactive protein from hepatocytes, what is the name for this group of molecules?	Acute phase proteins	11%
That one cytokine may hinder the effect of another?	Antagonism	11%
Cytokines are very difficult to study for lots of different reasons however there are 4 key ones. What word describes the fact that a single cytokine might have lots of different functions?	Pleiotropism	11%
That multiple cytokines may have the same effect?	Redundancy	11%
When more than one cytokine acts together the effect is great than the sum when alone?	Synergy	11%