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CD8+ T cells divide and differentiate into cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

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Do activated Tc cells only turn in to cytotoxic T-lymphocytes or do Tc differentiate into memory cells as well?

Activated Tc cells can proliferate into cytotoxic t-lymphocytes and Memory cytotoxic t cells as well.


What t lymphocytes can kill invading organisms?

Cytotoxic


Which major class of lymphocytes become cytotoxic T cells?

CD8 cells become cytotoxic T cells.


Are lymphocytes that directly kill virus- infected cells?

T cytotoxic cells


Which immune cells are attracted to the chemicals secreted by helper T cells?

Cytotoxic t cells and b lymphocytes!


What are The cells directly responsible for cellular immunity?

White blood cells, more specifically B-lymphocytes.


What immune system cells are attracted to the chemicals secreted by helper T cells?

Cytotoxic t cells and b lymphocytes!


Where are lymphocytes produced and stored?

The thymus is responsible for the t cell production.


T-lymphocytes are produced in?

T-Cells are produced in bone marrow and they migrate to thymus and there it gets matured.


What are lympthocytes?

Lymphocytes are types of White Blood Cells in the immune system. There are two main types of lymphocytes,B lymphocytes,T lymphocytes.Plasma B lymphocytes produce large amounts of antibodies when you have a bacteria, virus or fungi.Memory B lymphocytes remember things you've already had and change into Plasma B lymphocytes to then produce certain antibodies that can kill the bacteria before it turns into a disease.The T lymphocytes are much more aggressive though,things like cytotoxic T lymphocytes will destroy cells that are infected with a virus. Hope I helped. :)


Interferons and interleukins are?

Antiviral proteins produced by T cell lymphocytes


What is CTL escape mutant?

These virus have changed their recognition sequence either via mutation or antigenic drift and are able to escape cytotoxic T lymphocytes of the immune response