The Mechanism of Cross-Presentation by Dendritic Cells Is an Essential

question 19

Multiple Choice

The mechanism of cross-presentation by dendritic cells is an essential pathway for generating CD8 T cell responses to some intracellular pathogens. If this pathway did not exist, we would be highly susceptible to:

• A) Intracellular pathogens that can survive inside macrophage endocytic vesicles
• B) Intracellular pathogens that are able to evade antibody responses
• C) Intracellular pathogens that do not infect and replicate in dendritic cells
• D) Intracellular pathogens that can spread from cell to cell by inducing cell fusion
• E) Intracellular pathogens that infect and replicate in red blood cells

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