| Front | One of the two types of antigen-specific lymphocytes responsible for adaptive immune responses, the other being the B cells. These lymphocytes are responsible for the cell-mediated adaptive immune reactions. They originate in the bone marrow but undergo most of their development in the thymus. The highly variable antigen receptor on these lymphocytes recognizes a complex of peptide antigen bound to MHC molecules on cell surfaces. There are two main lineages of these lymphocytes: those carrying α:β receptors and those carrying γ:δ receptors. Some of these lymphocytes activate macrophages, some help B cells produce antibody, and some kill cells infected with viruses and other intracellular pathogens |
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| Back | T cell, T lymphocyte |
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