KROK 1 2018 – Question 82 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient with clinical signs of a primary immunodeficiency has functionally disturbed mechanism of antigen-presentation to the immunocompetent cells. What cells are likely to have structural defects?
- A. Fibroblasts
- B. O-lymphocytes
- C. B-lymphocyte
- D. Macrophages, monocytes
- E. T-lymphocyte
Hint
Think about which cells first take up and process antigen and display it to the cells that will respond, rather than recognizing it themselves.
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