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Rated: E · Crossword Puzzle · Scientific · #1658246

A crossword puzzle on the topic of immunology

This crossword features words relevant to immune systems.  The vocabulary ranges from generalities to cells and cell structures involved in immune system anatomy and physiology.
Across:
 2 the portion of a molecule directly recognized by antibodies
 4 a molecule capable of binding to an MHC for presentation at a cell's surface
 5 a particle which coats the outside of a cell to enhance is phagocytosis by a phagocyte
 6 a collective term that refers to a group of molecules that participate in an innate-immunity cascade to aid in microbe elimination
 10 This type of immunity involves the release of antibodies
 11 proteins with high affinities for binding carbohydrates
Down:
 1 a polymer that exists on the outside of the plasma membranes of bacteria which is significantly thicker on gram-positive bacteria in comparison to gram-negative bacteria
 3 Something administered to improve immunity for a specific disease
 7 a molecule that triggers a cell to divide through mitosis
 8 a type of leukocyte involved in allergy, asthma, and the immune system's defense against parasitic infections
 9 an organ of the central immune system, this organ becomes progressively less active with age, slowly being replaced with fat tissue
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