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The Ramayana was written in approximately 1600 by a single Indian author.  

The world of the Ramayana includes two upper caste groups, lands that are divided into districts with prosperous cities as capitals, and a king who “a moral caretaker for his subjects” on the one hand but also is also a “polygamous, with several queens.”  

Match the correct term with the appropriate definition.

What are neutrophil extracellular traps made of?

Which one of the following organs is required for generation of mature T cells?

AIRE (autoimmune regulator), a nuclear protein expressed by thymic epithelial cells, allows exposure of maturing T cells to specific antigens normally expressed in different tissues/organs. What do you think would be the consequences of a functionally defective AIRE protein?

Which of the following is a key feature of B and T cell responses?

Notch and IL-7 are respectively the key transcription factor and cytokine for commitment of T cell lineage.

All of the following is true about Natural Killer (NK) cells EXCEPT

A patient checks into the OSU Wexner ER with respiratory distress. The patient is admitted and pharyngeal swab test reveals that the patient is suffering from COVID-19 an infection caused by the RNA virus SARS-CoV-2. Which of the following are critical for innate host defense against COVID-19?