T-Lymphocytes - 1
•Specific Cell Characteristics:
•1.Lymphocytes
•˜T- lymphocyte Characteristics:
•eoriginate in bone marrow
•emigrate to thymus gland
•eAT@ stands for thymus-derived lymphocytes
•eFunctions:
•Uspecificity of immune response
•Urecognition of foreign antigen
•Uself-tolerance
•erecognition of foreign antigen is MHC- restricted
•etwo sub-populations:
•UThelper -
•UTcytotoxic/suppressor -
•CD4+
•CD8+