A T cell that reduces, or suppresses, the immune response of B cells, or of other T cells, to an antigen.
Wikipedia: regulatory T cell
Regulatory T cells (sometimes known as suppressor T cells) are a specialized subpopulation of T cells that act to suppress activation of the immune system and thereby maintain immune system homeostasis and tolerance to self-antigens. The existence of a dedicated population of supressive T cells was the subject of significant controversy among immunologists for many years. However, recent advances in the molecular characterization of this cell population have firmly established their existence and their critical role in the vertebrate immune system. Interest in regulatory T cells has been heightened by evidence from experimental mouse models demonstrating that the immunosuppressive potential of these cells can be harnessed therapeutically to treat autoimmune diseases and facilitate transplantation tolerance or specifically eliminated to potentiate cancer immunotherapy.
No. There are many types of T-cells, including Helper T cells and Regulatory T cells (formerly known as suppressor cells).
B cells are responsible for the creation of antibodies (and memory B cells).
These are types of T cells.
T Lymphocytes (T cells)
Helper or suppressor cells are types of:
Helper T-cells
Suppressor T cells,also known as regulatory T cells, are a Type of T Cell. Their major role is to shut down T cell-mediated immunity toward the end of an immune reaction and to suppress auto-reactive T cells that escaped the process of negative selection in the thymus.
Suppressor T cells may function in preventing all autoimmune reactions. Suppressor T cells are also known as regulatory T cells.
Regulatory T-cells
Helper t cells release cytokines
Helper T-cells
There are at least 10 types of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
Suppressor T cells,also known as regulatory T cells, are a Type of T Cell. Their major role is to shut down T cell-mediated immunity toward the end of an immune reaction and to suppress auto-reactive T cells that escaped the process of negative selection in the thymus.
The two types of cell cycle genes that cause cancer cells to divide uncontrollably if mutated are called tumor suppressor genes and antioncogene
macrophages, killer T cells, helper T cells, and B cells
Suppressor T cells may function in preventing all autoimmune reactions. Suppressor T cells are also known as regulatory T cells.
The T in T-cells stands for the thymus gland. Lymphocytes produced in the bone marrow are either become B-cells or they are matured in the thymus gland and are "trained" to be either Natural Killer T-cells, CD4 (Helper T-cells), CD8 (Suppressor T-cells).
Stem cells, T Helper cells, and Lymphocytes all help fight diseases.
There are several types of white blood cells (leukocytes.) The 3 main groups are granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes. There are 3 types of granulocytes; neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils. There are 2 main types of lymphocytes; B cells and T cells. There are 4 types of T cells; cytotoxic T cells, helper T cells, suppressor T cells, and natural killer cells.
T-cells are one of two white blood cells (lymphocytes) that are necessary to fight off an invader (virus, bacteria) that doesn't belong in the body. There are different types of T-cells: Helper T-cells, T-cytotoxic cells and T-suppressor cells. T-cells do not make antibodies. The other white cell necessary to fight of that invader are B cells which make antibodies. Both cells are needed for us to fight off the various invaders. It is a very complex but smoothly run "war room".
Regulatory T-cells
(t-cells) are involved in cell mediated immunity that can have memory of previous antigens(non self) that have invaded our body. cytotoxic tcells release preforin that destroy tumor cells or antigens helper tcells release cytokines/interlukins that help in more tcell differentiation