1. CHAPTER 43 IMMUNE SYSTEM TOPICS

2. Use your book to answer the below questions.

3. 1. Give the role of the following in the immune system;

4. 1 a. pyrogens

5. 1 b. Interferons (including how they are effective against cancer)

6. 1 c. How do pharmaceutical companies mass produce interferon?

7. 2. What are allergies AND give one hypothesis to explain the evolutionary origin of allergies?

8. 3. What is anaphylactic shock? What events may trigger it?

9. 4. Sometimes the immune system loses tolerance for self and turns against certain molecules of the body causing one of the many autoimmune diseases. Summarize the below autoimmune diseases.

10. Lupus

11. Multiple sclerosis

12. Rheumatoid arthritis

13. Crohn’s disease

14. The role of autoimmunity in TYPE 1 diabetes