Disease Basics/Causes of Disease
Cell Process Diseases
Cancer
Neuro Diseases
Immune Diseases
100
"Cause of Disease" for influenza.
What is, diseases of biotic origin?
100
Disease(s) that are caused due to the build up of very long chain fatty acids.
What are peroxisomal disorders?
What is Gaucher's disease?
100
P53 gene.
What is a tumor suppressor gene?
100
Neurodegenerative diseases are caused by ___________________ in different regions of the nervous system.
What is "progressive death of neurons"?
100
SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) is characterized by this.
What is chronic inflammation?
200
Monogenic disease caused by mutation of CFTR.
What is cystic fibrosis?
200
Disease (will accept group of disease) that can cause enlarged spleen, as one of the hallmark symptoms.
What is Gaucher's Disease?
What are LSD's?
200
True or false. Some cancer cells do not require growth factors to grow.
What is true?
200
In HD, loss of striatal neurons causes_______ GABA levels.
What is lower?
200
Rheumatoid Arthritis is this type of hypersensitivity.
What is type III?
300
Diseases of unknown origin (term).
What is idiopathy/idiopathic?
300
Structural support of the nuclear envelope. When mutated can cause significant disease.
What are lamins?
300
Most difficult subtype of breast cancer to treat.
What is triple negative breast cancer?
What is HR-, HER2-?
What is PR-, ER-, HER2-?
300
Neurotransmitter involved in Parkinson's Disease.
What is dopamine?
300
Lymphocytes are part of ________ immunity
What is acquired/adaptive?
400
Third line of defense in immunity.
What is acquired immunity?
What is specific resistance?
What is the T cell/B cell pathway?
400
True or False. Diseases caused by defective mitochondrial function are always inherited in a maternal fashion.
What is false?
Depends on if the defective gene is from mitochondrial DNA or nuclear DNA
400
The step that the following treatment would block/inhibit: CAR Therapy (Chimeric Antigen Receptor)
What is step 4?
400
Two main components that (are thought to) cause Alzheimer's Disease.
What are amyloid plaques and tau tangles?
400
These two immunoglobulins are involved in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RF factor)
What are IgM and IgG?
500
Inheritance pattern for Huntington's Disease.
What is autosomal dominant?
500
In Cystic Fibrosis _____ is unable to be absorbed properly causing a symptom of ______ sweat
What is NaCl?
What is hypertonic or salty?
500
Part of the cell cycle Rb gene controls from progressing to.
What is S phase?
500
Mitochondrial membrane potential in HD patients.
What is depolarized?
What is increased membrane potential?
500
Identify the four main immune components in an allergic reaction. (Allergen is not one of them)
What are IgE, Mast cells, B cells and cytokines?