AFMC AFMC Solved Paper-2001

  • question_answer
    Interferon is a glycoprotein which is :

    A)                 antiviral                               

    B)                 anti-bacterial

    C)                 anti-pathogenic               

    D)                  anti-oxidant

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    interferon were discovered by Issacs and Lindemann (1957). These are glycoproteins produced by a cell infected by a virus and provide protection to other healthy cells from viruses. Interferons enhance the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells (NK cells). Which are a type of lymphocytes called as large lymphocytes.


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