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For 1 bonus point: What is the best music concert you’ve ever attended (or who would be the band/musician past or present that you would like to see in concert) ?For another 1 bonus point:  Based on what you know about the overactive immune system in hypersensitivity reactions/autoimmune diseases what molecule (or molecules) would you try to inhibit with a drug to prevent these diseases/reactions? (this can be a drug that already exists or something you make up based on your knowledge of the immune system….this drug doesn’t have to inhibit all autoimmune diseases/hypersensitivity reactions…there are multiple/diverse possible answers….in other words, name a molecule you would block to limit inappropriate immune activation)  

Sensory neurons carry signals _________ the CNS whereas motor neurons carry signals ________ from the CNS.

The Research Essay counts for ________ percent of the overall course grade in ENG 251.

If someone wanted to develop a “drug” that inhibited all of the complement pathways, which “target” molecule would make sense? (what molecule would you try to block in order to inhibit all of the complement cascades)

An immunologic technique where a cell sample is incubated with fluorescently labeled antibodies and these samples are then run through a machine containing lasers and detectors that can measure cell populations and their phenotypes (like whether the cells are angry or dividing, etc):

Identify/List one TH1 associated cytokine and one TH2 associated cytokine.

IL-2 is produced by one cell and the same IL-2 stimulates that same cell. This type of cytokine activity is called:

Properdin functions to stabilize C3 molecules in which of the complement pathways?

Enzyme linked immunosorbant assays (ELISAs) can use antibodies specific to a certain molecule and a standard curve of known concentrations of that molecule to enable the measurement of the concentration of that molecule in a bodily fluid. For example, an ELISA could be used to measure IL-6 levels in plasma. 

If somehow, in spite of several different regulatory steps, your body produced a Bcell/plasma cell that produced autoreactive IgM antibodies to an epitope in your liver; which complement pathway would be responsible for potential liver tissue damage?