Correctly order the steps involved in cellular immunity:

a) The Tc recognizes the infected host cell
b) The Tc interacts with epitope presented by MHC-I on the dendritic cell
c) The Tc secretes perforin and granzyme, causing apoptosis
d) The helper T cell activates the Tc cell

Respuesta :

Answer: A, B, C, D

Explanation: 1. The Tc recognizes the infected host cell

2.  The Tc interacts with epitope presented by MHC-I on the dendritic cell

3. The Tc secretes perforin and granzyme, causing apoptosis

4. The helper T cell activates the Tc cell

Cell-mediated immunity is mediated by T lymphocytes. They originate in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus. T cell interact with other cells via its T cell receptor. (TCR). It can only interact with antigenic peptides bound to the Class I MHC molecules on the surface of antigen presenting cells. (APC).

When a TCR of a naïve T cell interacts with and antigen which presents the Class I MHC molecules it gets activated and undergoes differentiation and proliferation which is also known as clonal selection.

There exist two types of T cells  

1. Effector or Helper T cells

2. Memory T cells

Cell-mediated responses has both innate and specific immune components. Among the common innate components is the antigen-presenting cell (APC), which interacts with T helper cells to initiate the immune response. After the recognition of the antigen takes places the Tc interacts with epitope presented by MHC-I on the dendritic cell

In addition to granzymes and perforin, T cells are able to produce granulyson and lymphotoxin.