- T cell
- Th cells: T helper cells which bind to foreign antigens on an antigen presenting cell (APC) and secrete cytokines, hereby initiating an immune system response.
- Tc cells: T cytotoxic cells, which bind to the infected cell and secretes the cytotoxins perforin and granulysin and thus lysing the cell, killing it.
- Ts cells: T suppressor cells, which shutdown the immunity system after the infection has been eliminated from the body.
B cells, upon detecting the presence of cytokines, take residence in the spleen or lymphnode divide and differentiate into two types of cells:
- Plasma cells; which secrete antibodies
- Memory cells; which persist in the body in case there is a recurrent infection with the same disease, then a faster and more efficient immune response would occur.
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