Learning Objectives for "The Adaptive Immune System: B4. T8-Lymphocytes"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. Describe the overall function of T8-lymphocytes and their activation in terms of the following:

a. the role of their TCRs and CD8 molecules

b. how they are activated by antigen-presenting dendritic cells

c. the type of effector cells into which activated T8-lymphocytes differentiate

d. what CTLs recognize on infected cells and tumor cells

e. how CTLs kill infected cells and tumor cells

2. State the overall function of T8-lymphocytes in adaptive immunity.

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.