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What is the role of cytotoxic T cells and describe their mechanism of action?
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∙ 12y ago
The role of cytotoxic T cells is to alert Class I MHC molecules to a foreign antigen. This is achieved by the foreign antigen associating with the MHC molecule and being moved out to the cell surface, where the cytotoxic T cell alerts the MHC molecule of the infection.
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What does a cytotoxic B cell do?
There are no cytotoxic B cells, only cytotoxic T cells.
Cells that directly attack and kill other cells?
cytotoxic t cells
Which major class of lymphocytes become cytotoxic T cells?
CD8 cells become cytotoxic T cells.
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.
Which cell produces perforin?
Cytotoxic T-cells
Does the mechanism of the lethal hit of cytotoxic t cells and nk cells involves a protein called perforin?
TRUE
What does a cytotoxic B cell do?
There are no cytotoxic B cells, only cytotoxic T cells.
Cells that directly attack and kill other cells?
cytotoxic t cells
Which major class of lymphocytes become cytotoxic T cells?
CD8 cells become cytotoxic T cells.
What are cytotoxic drugs?
Cytotoxic drugs-- Drugs that function by destroying cells.
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 does T cytotoxic cell?
The cytotoxic T cell, when it finds cells displaying the wrong antigens, ruptures the cell membrane of the offending cell killing it. Cytotoxic T cells are effective against virus infected cells and cancer cells.
Cytotoxic T cells have the ability to?
It releases perforin and granzymes which kills the infected cells.
What is the Medical term meaning poisonous to tissue?
The medical term for being poisonous to tissues is "cytotoxic." This term is often used to describe substances or medications that are harmful to cells and can cause damage to tissues in the body.
Which cell produces perforin?
Cytotoxic T-cells
Are cytotoxic T cells a type of T cell clone?
Yes, cytotoxic T-cells are a subset of T-cells that in contrast to helpter T-cells express CD8.
Drug that kills or damages cells?
Cytotoxic
