MEDICINE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Virus
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Bacteria
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T Cell
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Fungi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your lymphocytes include T-cells and B-cells. Both types are part of your body’s defense. B-cells make proteins called antibodies to fight pathogens. T-cells protect you by destroying harmful pathogens and by sending signals that help control your immune system’s response to threats.
Detailed explanation-2: -Antigenic is not a type of T-lymphocyte since an antigen is any foreign substance that invades the body.
Detailed explanation-3: -Armed effector cytotoxic CD8 T cells are essential in host defense against pathogens that live in the cytosol, the commonest of which are viruses. These cytotoxic T cells can kill any cell harboring such pathogens by recognizing foreign peptides that are transported to the cell surface bound to MHC class I molecules.
Detailed explanation-4: -Effector Cells. Depending on the APC a naïve cell comes across it can become an effector T cell. Cytotoxic T Cells. Cytotoxic T Cells, also known as CD8+ cells, have the primary job to kill toxic/target cells. Helper T Cells. Regulatory T Cells. Memory T Cells. Applications.