CYTOTOXIC T-CELls

Who are we?
Leukocytes T-cells responsable for exterminating germ infected cells in the body.

We are CD8+
We are the Guard Patrols

WE POISON

• Bacteria
• Parasites
• Viruses
• Allografts
• Cancer cells
• And your untrustworthy husband

HOW DO WE KILL

• FasL and Fas
• Perforin and Granzyme

FasL Fas

PERFORIN AND GRANZYME

SOURCES

• A. A (April 5th, 2011) Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL) [biology-pages] From: http://www.biology-pages.info/C/CTL.html
• A.A (No date) Cytotoxic T-cell [Wikipedia] From:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytotoxic_T_cell
• A.A (2001) T cell-mediated cytotoxicity [NCBI] From: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27101/

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