Sentences with phrase «as cytolytic»
In addition, the CD8 subset primarily function as cytolytic killers for clearing pathogen - infected cells or for targeting tumors.
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Alpha Herpesviruses such as FHV - 1 cause disease by two distinctly different mechanisms: 1) cytolytic (cell - rupturing) disease which involves active viral replication and destroys the epithelial cells of the cornea and conjunctiva causing ulceration; and, 2) immune - mediated disease results from the deposition of viral antigen in subepithelial tissues.