T细胞在适应性免疫应答中扮演核心角色。其功能是通过识别抗原启动一系列免疫过程,包括激活、增殖、效应和记忆化。整个免疫应答可以分为以下五大阶段:
T细胞免疫应答的详细过程
1. 激活阶段
- 激活是T细胞免疫应答的起点,依赖于抗原呈递细胞(APC)的信号刺激。
- T细胞激活需要三个信号,分别由抗原、共刺激分子和细胞因子提供。
2. 克隆扩增阶段
激活后的T细胞迅速分裂并形成大量克隆群体,用于扩大战斗规模。3. 效应阶段
效应T细胞执行免疫功能,其功能包括直接杀伤感染细胞、激活其他免疫细胞或分泌调控性分子。4. 衰退阶段
- 效应T细胞在完成免疫任务后,通过程序性细胞死亡(凋亡)减少数量。
T细胞应答动力学与疲劳状态
1. T细胞应答动力学
2. T细胞疲劳(T Cell Exhaustion)参考文献
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