IMMUNE RESPONSE
CLASSICAL ALTERNATE AND LECTIN PATHWAYS
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immune system
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cell mediated response
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surface proteins
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lymphocyte
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cytotoxic T-cells attack viruses when activated by an antigen. Natural killer cells don’t need activation to attack harmful cells. Cytotoxic T-cells are part of your adaptive immune response. Natural killer cells are part of your innate immune response.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cytotoxic T cells kill target cells bearing specific antigen while sparing neighboring uninfected cells. All the cells in a tissue are susceptible to lysis by the cytotoxic proteins of armed effector CD8 T cells, but only infected cells are killed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antibody-mediated immunity is also known as humoral immunity because humor refers to the body fluids, generally blood, where the antibodies circulate freely and bind to specific antigens.