Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 50

From chapter 15, figure 15.1. How would a person'simmunity be affected if he or she had a deficiency in cytotoxic T cells Would a deficiency in T helper cells have a greater orlesser effect Explain your answer.
Figure 15.1 Overview of the stages of lymphocyte development and function. (I) Development of B-and T-lymphocyte specificity and migration to lymphoid organs. (II) Antigen processing by dendritic cell and presentation to lymphocytes; assistance to B cells by T cells. (III) Lymphocyte activation, clonal expansion, and formation of memory B and T cells. (IV) End result of lymphocyte activation. Left-hand side: antibody release; right-hand side: cell-mediated immunity. Details of these processes are covered in each corresponding section heading.