21. The Immune System

Which of the following are PRRs least likely to detect?

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) bind molecules on pathogens. Why is this helpful to the immune response?

Which of the following is not considered a MAMP (Microbe/Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern)?

Why are NOD-like receptors (NLRs) important for macrophage cells?

What defining features of viral RNA allows the RIG-like receptors to distinguish infecting viral RNA from the host cell’s RNA?

In addition to peptidoglycan, which molecule(s) unique to bacteria would PRRs recognize?

Toll-like receptors are receptor proteins on ___________.

Which type of pattern recognition receptor when bound to MAMPs triggers the formation of the inflammasome?

Toll-like receptors:

______ on phagocytes bind to PAMPs on bacteria, triggering uptake & destruction of the bacterial pathogens?