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A “double-positive” thymocyte that is going through positive selection will:

Which of the following cytokine is expressed by T regulatory cells?

When an immature T-cell fails to productively rearrange its genes, which of the following happens?

IL-4 is induced in a CD4 TH2 cell under the direction of the transcription factor _____.

In a timeline of a T-cells life, a double positive thymocyte would come __________ becoming a double negative thymocyte.

Which chemotactic molecule signals naive T-cells that do not meet their antigen in a lymph node to exit that lymph node and continue to recirculate until they do meet their antigen?

B7 is always present on the surface of the professional antigen presenting cells in high quantity so they can activate adaptive immune cells quickly.

If the _______ of a TCR is successfully rearranged, then the ________ is deleted and inactivated because of its location.

You would not expect to find dendritic cells nor macrophages in the thymus.

You would expect to see Notch-1 being expressed in the thymus during T-cell maturation.