Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 7th Edition by Humphrey P. Rang – Test Bank

Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 7th Edition by Humphrey P. Rang – Test Bank

Rang: Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology, 7^th Edition

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Chapter 5: Cell proliferation, apoptosis, repair and regeneration

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. 1. In the death receptor pathway, activation of tumor necrosis factor receptors causes the receptors to trimerize and complex an adapter protein, thereby leading to activation of

1. a. mitochondrial pathways
2. b. caspase-8
3. c. pro-apoptotic factor Bcl-2
4. d. a p53 protein
5. e. DNA transcription factors

      Answer b: caspase-8

1. 2. The activation of primitive stem cells so as to replace a damaged tissue is called

1. a. healing
2. b. repair
3. c. restoration
4. d. regeneration
5. e. rejuvenation

      Answer d: regeneration

1. 3. Defective apoptosis may contribute to the development of

1. a. cancer
2. b. Alzheimer’s disease
3. c. myocardial infarction
4. d. aplastic anemia
5. e. stroke

      Answer a: cancer

1. 4. The activation of caspase-3 leads to

1. a. activation of transcription factors
2. b. inhibition of transcription factors
3. c. activation of the anti-apoptotic pathway
4. d. fragmentation of genomic DNA
5. e. stabilization of cell membranes

      Answer d: fragmentation of genomic DNA

1. 5. Bortemozib causes the accumulation of an apoptotic-promoter protein by inhibiting

1. a. mitochondrial DNA
2. b. suvivin
3. c. matrix metalloproteinases
4. d. pro-apoptotic Bcl-2
5. e. the proteasome

      Answer e: the proteasome

1. 6. Matrix metalloproteinases are responsible for

1. a. inhibition of neoplastic cell growth
2. b. adjusting the cell cytoskeleton
3. c. degradation of extracellular matrix
4. d. initiating angiogenesis
5. e. activation of the cell cycle

      Answer c: degradation of extracellular matrix