Cancer & Autoimmune Disease: Quiz the Fourth

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BSc (Hons) Biology Quiz on Cancer & Autoimmune Disease: Quiz the Fourth, created by Sami-Jaine on 09/05/2013.
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Question 1

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TP53 is the gene that encodes for the protein p53. It is one of the most commonly defected genes in human cancers. A normal p53 protein helps control cancer development through its involvement in...
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  • inhibition of angiogenesis
  • genomic stability
  • apoptosis
  • all of the above

Question 2

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Atrophy is described as
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  • The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells.
  • The acquired shrinkage due to a decrease in the size or number of cells in a tissue
  • Abnormal change in the nature of a tissue.

Question 3

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Proto-oncogenes are the unmutated versions of oncogenes that normally control how often a cell divides and the degree to which it differentiates. How many alleles are required for a proto-oncogene to becomes a mutated oncogene.
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  • none
  • one
  • two
  • three

Question 4

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Hypertrophy involves the increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the ____ of cells.
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  • productivity
  • size
  • number

Question 5

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Mouse Skin Question: Applying on initiating agents alone results in...
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  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 6

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Mouse Skin Question: Applying an initiating agent followed by a promoter results in...
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  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 7

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Mouse Skin Question: the application of a promoter several months after the application of an initiating agent results in....
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  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 8

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Mouse Skin Question: Applying promoter alone results in...
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  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 9

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Mouse Skin Question: Applying an initiating agent after the promoter results in...
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  • Tumour
  • No Tumour

Question 10

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Which of the following are considered the "3 rules of infections and cancer"?
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  • The viruses involved all establish a persistent infection and are often widespread in the normal human population
  • Cancer develops only in a small proportion of infected people, usually many years after their initial viral infection
  • The viruses involved all establish a persistent infection and are never found in the normal human population
  • Virus infection is just one link in a complex chain of events required for cancer development
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