Cytotoxic

... cells) or excert their effector function (e.g. to induce antibody production by B cells [CD4+ helper cells] or kill infected cells directly [CD8+ cytotoxic cells]) I don't have the RTE paper at hand at the moment, but I can check what made RTEs different from naive T cells when I get back to work ...

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I've read a paper which said that during pregnancy some mothers are able to lose certain cytotoxic antibodies, but is a foetus able to induce production of anti (x) antibodies in a mother? Thanks!

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... bystander cells do not get activated unnecessarily. This phenomenon is called an immunological synapse. Somewhat similar synapse is also formed by cytotoxic (CD8) lymphocytes and MHC I-expressing cells. What this has to do with lipid rafts? If I recall correctly, the cell uses lipid rafts to cluster ...

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... stem cells? a). Embryonic stem cells may have a greater potential to differentiate into more types of cells b). Embryonic stem cells stimulate cytotoxic T-cells c). Embryonic stem cells have large effects on nephron function d). Only embryonic stem cells can be grown in cell culture I said ...

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... type, which then would not cause any kind of switch in the blood group either. Now, a very far-fetched scenario might be the use of some kind of a cytotoxic drug that kills all the existing lymphocytes and then the foremention events might happen (in theory) without the new, different type cells ...

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