For identical twins, if one of them develops the autoimmune disorder because of genetic reason, does that necessarily means the other one will develop the disease? Or it only means the other one is more likely to have this disease than others?

Q: What type of Monogenic Immune disorders are there? Is X-linked inheritance syndrome a type of…

A: Monogenic immune disorders are caused by variation in a single gene.  The variation in this gene…

Q: Does the complement system work in more than one way?

A: The complement system is considered as a heat-labile element of normal plasma causing the…

Q: Of the four types of acquired immunity, which do you think your immune system has undergone?

A: Body's ability to counteract or fight with foreign organisms known as a pathogen. A person may…

Q: What does the rapid activation of the innate immunity lead to?

A: Innate immunity can be defined as the nonspecific defense mechanisms that will come into play…

Q: What are autoimmune diseases? Give two examples?

A: The complex network of proteins and cells that protects the body against infection is called the…

Q: Is Crohn's disease considered as an autoimmune disease. If it is, are there other predisposing…

A: Chron's disease and it's linkage

Q: Which cells are termed as NK cells?

A: Immunology is an important branch of biology which include the study of immunity of different…

Q: Which is an autoimmune disease? A. Graves disease B. HIV disease C. HIV disease, type-1 diabetes,…

A: Autoimmune disease is a condition where immune system attacks our own body by mistake.In normal…

Q: What happens to the immune system of a person with HIV, and how may that infection develop into…

A: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by HIV or human immunodeficiency virus. This infection…

Q: What is the term that describes an individual who expresses a specific phenotype or disease?

A: The term that describes an individual who expresses a specific phenotype or disease is Expressivity.…

Q: Why is SLE considered an autoimmune disease?

A: SLE stands for Systemic lupus erythematosus which is the most common type of lupus involving…

Q: Is breast and ovarian cancer linked to Mendelian transmission?

A: Mendelian inheritance is a pattern of inheriting the characteristics of parents into their child by…

Q: What is autoimmunity and how do autoimmune diseases occur

A: Autoimmunity: It is made up of cells, different organ and protein.These are also called antibodies…

Q: How is it possible for a baby to have type O blood if neither parent is type O?

A: Human genetics cannot be studied like plants and animals. This is mainly because of the absence of…

Q: What are antigens of a disease-causing agent that stimulate an immune response to that particular…

A: The molecules or substances which trigger the immune response upon entry into a host are known as…

Q: The first sentence states, “Immunodeficiency disorders disrupt your body’s ability to defend itself…

A: Immune system is a system of the body which fights off the infection in the form of external…

Q: Explain histocompatibility antigens?

A: histocompatibility is the tissue compatibility between a donor a recipient cells .  It play a major…

Q: Why do individuals produce an immune response the first time they encounter the A or B antigen as an…

A: The immune system responds to antigens by producing cells that attack our system and they are known…

Q: Define autoimmunity, and explain some possible causes.

A: Immunity is defined as the ability of an organism to prevent the entry of harmful microbes in the…

Q: How does an autoimmune disease develop?

A: Ans: Autoimmune disease: it is a disease in which our own immune system is active against self…

Q: How autoimmune disease can be cured ?

A: An immune system illness is a condition emerging from an unusual invulnerable response to a working…

Q: Describe the two types of major histocompatibility complex antigens, and explain their functions?

A: The immune system of the human body is divided into two main branches, namely innate immunity and…

Q: Is, what is an autoimmune disease?

A: autoimmune disease :- it is a condition in which human's immune system mistakenly attacks the body.…

Q: What is chronic inflammation and how is it mediated?How is chronic inflammation related to…

A: Inflammation is a normal physiological response that causes injured tissue to heal. An inflammatory…

Q: Under what circumstances might NK cells kill our own cells?

A: NK cells or natural killer cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes that play a vital role in the innate…

Q: What is meant by autoimmunity? b) Why are chemotherapy drugs sometimes used to treat autoimmune…

A: Autoimmunity is a misguided immunological response that develops when the immune system malfunctions…

Q: Why is HIV so deadly and so hard to stop?

A: Human Immuno (HIV) viruses are considered retroviruses, which has the single (Ss) stranded RNA in…

Q: Explain the term Communicability?

A: Any infectious agent or microorganism (Virus, bacterium, protozoa, ETC) that can cause disease is a…

Q: A person has two non functional copies of BLM gene. What disease is she likely to suffer from?What…

A: The BLM gene is responsible for the expression of RecQ helicase protein. This protein functions in…

Q: Which type of immunity is triggered by vaccination?

A: Active immunity is immunity to a pathogen that develops after exposure to the pathogen. When the…

Q: . In the muscular disease myasthenia gravis, antibodiesbind to and block certain receptors on muscle…

A: Myasthenia gravis is a chronic  autoimmune system, neuromuscular ailment that causes shortcoming in…

Q: Which of the following are antigen presenting cells?

A: Immune system: This system in the human body includes a complex network of cells, tissues, and…

Q: What is the role of histocompatibility antigens in humans and where are they located?

A: Any substance that stimulates the immune response called an antigen (Ag). It stimulates the immune…

Q: Why are the genes that encode these antigens so variable?

A: Immunity can be defined as the presence of different components involved in different mechanisms for…

Q: What is the genetic component most strongly associated with autoimmune disorders?

A: Autoimmune disorders are those where the body's immune cells recognize their own cell as pathogenic…

Q: What are the possible causes of autoimmune disease?

A: Autoimmunity is the mechanism of an organism's immune reactions against its own healthy cells,…

Q: effects of the sickle cell disease(inheriting two copi

A: Sickle cell disease is a type of inherited disease. It is caused by a defective gene. When a baby…

Q: What does the flu shot protect against? Why do you need to get a new flu shot every year for…

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Q: what is an autoimmune disease?

A: Immunity is defined as capability of body to safeguard themselves from the attack of infectious…

Q: Is their a correlation between age and allergic reaction?

A: Allergy is the immune response for particular substances like pollen, dust, fur and some food…

Q: What type of genetic disease is T-cell signaling deficiency? (Dominant/ Recessive,…

A: Answer: T-cell signalling deficiency are the T-cell associated disease, which includes severe…

Q: What is adaptive immunity ?

A: Immunity is a complicated biological system with the ability to recognise and tolerate what belongs…

Q: Define autoimmunity

A: The presence of antibodies against a disease in a person's system confers immunity to that sickness.…

Q: What is innate immunity? List the four types of barriers which protect the body from the entry of…

A: Immunity is defined as the ability of an organism to resist the pathogenic damage caused by another…

Q: What is the function of the MHC antigens? Why are the genes that encode these antigens so variable?

A: Immunity can be defined as the presence of different components involved in different mechanisms for…

Q: Describe antigenic variation.

A: Antigenic variation or alteration refers to the mechanism by which an infectious agent such as a…

Q: What is it called when a disease is not hereditary?

A: Genetics is a study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation in an organism. Living organisms…

Immune Disorders

The collaboration between the cells and proteins that work together as a defense system against infection comprises the immune system.Each of them performs a variety of tasks to recognize and/or react against a foreign body.