KROK 1 2017 – Question 154 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
Ionizing radiation or vitamin E deficiency affect the cell by increasing lysosome membrane permeability. What are the possible consequences of this pathology?
- A. Partial or complete cell destruction
- B. Restoration of cytoplasmic membrane
- C. Intensive protein synthesis
- D. Formation of maturation spindle
- E. Intensive energy production
Hint
Think about what the lysosomal membrane normally keeps separated from the rest of the cell, and what those contents would do if they escaped.
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