Lymphocyte function in the cellular immune system features both afferent ( receptor ) and efferent ( effector ) components .
细胞免疫系统的传入(受体)和传出(效应器)功能都受到淋巴细胞功能的影响。
Table 22.1 animal models of transplantation or autoimmunity where anti thymocyte / lymphocyte reagents are beneficial . A
表22.1移植或自身免疫动物模型抗-胸腺细胞/淋巴细胞制剂的效果a
Natural killer cells , which are a class of lymphocyte distinct from t cells and b cells , destroy foreign cells ( eg , neoplastic cells ) even without prior sensitization .
自然杀伤细胞是一类与t细胞和b细胞不同的淋巴细胞,可在未被致敏的情况下破坏外来细胞(如肿瘤细胞)。
Usually it is an extension of the normal infectious process , when a retrovirus infects a blood cell , such as a lymphocyte . But if the virus happens to get incorporated in a chromosome in the host 's germ line ( sperm or egg ) , it can become part of the genome of future generations .