Innate Immunity Barriers
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Q. Which of the following statements regarding different barriers of innate immunity is not correct?
- Acid present in the stomach, saliva in the mouth, tears from the eyes prevent the growth of microorganisms and constitute physiological barriers of our body
- Mucus membrane lining the respiratory, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts helps in trapping the microbes and constitute physiological barriers of our body
- Certain types of leucocytes such as polymorpho-nuclear leucocytes (PMNL-neutrophils) and lymphocytes such as natural killer cells, constitute cellular barriers of our body
- Virus infected cells secrete proteins called interferons which protect non-infected cells from further viral infection and constitute cytokine barriers of our body
Q. Lysozyme is a special enzyme which helps kill microbes.
- True
- False
