January 11, 2013 /
By Leila Gray January 10, 2013
UW Health Sciences/UW Medicine
National Cancer Institute
A micrograph of a killer T cell, a white blood cell that destroys germs or cancers, but that can sometimes attack the body’s own normal cells.
Misguided killer T cells may be the missing link in sustained tissue damage in the brains and spines of people with multiple sclerosis, findings from the University of Washington reveal. Cytoxic T cells, also known as CD8+ T cells, are white blood cells that normally are in the body’s arsenal to fight disease.
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