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Which of the following statements regarding different barriers of innate immunity is not correct ?

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Acid present in the stomach saliva in the mouth, tears from the eyes prevent the growth of microorganisms and constitude physiological barriers of out body.

B

Mucous membrane lining the respiratory, gastriontestinal and urinogenital tracts helps in ttrapping the microbes and costitute physiological barriers of our body.

C

Certain types of leucocytes such as polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL- neutrophils ) and lymphocytes such as natural killer cells, constitute cellular barriers of our body.

D

Virus- infected cells secrete proteins called interferons which protect non- infected cells from further viral infection and constitute cytokine barriers of our body.

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Mucous membrane lining the respiratory, gastrointestinal and uriogenital tracts helps in trapping the microbes and constitude physical barriers of our body.
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