Chapter 22.5, Problem 54AYP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The ways by which intracellular microorganisms stimulate cytotoxic T cells. The role that helper T cells play in process.

Introduction:

Intracellular microorganisms are the pathogenic organisms that enter the body and alter the activity of cells by invading it, thus cause disease. They enter and reproduce into the host cells to make multiple copies of their DNA. When these microbes enter into the body, the immune system gets activated to kill and remove them outside the body by different mechanisms.