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A thymectomy of a 25 year old male will result in:

CDR1 and CDR2, encoded by the V gene segment, recognize and primarily makes contact with the peptides loaded on the MHC.

Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) and janus kinases (JAK’s) are used in which signaling pathway/s?

Which of the following cell-surface molecules would you expect to be expressed on the surface of an effector T-cell homing to the site of infection?

The two most common lineages of T-cells, α:β and μ:δ T-cells, develop in parallel from common precursors.

Upon recognition of pathogen via innate immune receptors, what co-stimulatory molecule does a dendritic cell start expressing that allows it to activate naive T-cells?

The pre-TCR complex is composed of a functional α chain, a surrogate β chain (preTβ), CD3 proteins and ζ chain.

Sphingosine 1-phosphate directs naive T-cells out of the lymph node back into the lymph.

Double negative thymocytes will simultaneously initiate rearrangement of which receptor genes first? 

A thymectomy of a 25 year old male will result in: