A Inter Body Killer!
It is a white blood cell Destroy infection Is the core to immunity also known as T-lymphocyte They mature in the thymus (part of your neck) Divide into two types
Fight infection (viruses and cancer) Directly attack and destroy infections Part of the immune system Scan over everything
Mature in the thymus gland Divide into many different types Once mature all of the body More in the places with infection Travel through lymph vessels
Lymphocyte all look pretty much the same Functions very different Two types of t-cells CD4 CD8
B7 MHCcomplex CD28 CD4 CD8
If your number of t-cells is up Acute lymphocytic leukemia 2. Infectious mononucleosis 3. Multiple myeloma
When you t-cell number is down 1. Aids 2. Acute viral infection 3. Cancer 4. Congenital T-cell deficiency 5. Hodgkin’s disease 6. Immunodeficiency disorder 7. Leukemias 8. Waldenstorm’s macroglobulinemia