🔖Practice question #66
A 67-year-old man with a history of colon cancer presents for follow-up. He states that he is doing well. In addition to the surgical intervention and chemotherapy that the patient has already undergone, the physician explains, his own CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes are capable of attacking tumors cells. Which of the following cell types possesses a similar killing mechanism as CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes?
A) CD4+ T-lymphocytes
B) Dendritic cells
C) Macrophages
D) Natural killer cells
E) Plasma cells
Source: usmle_rx_qbank #2017 #immunology
A 67-year-old man with a history of colon cancer presents for follow-up. He states that he is doing well. In addition to the surgical intervention and chemotherapy that the patient has already undergone, the physician explains, his own CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes are capable of attacking tumors cells. Which of the following cell types possesses a similar killing mechanism as CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes?
A) CD4+ T-lymphocytes
B) Dendritic cells
C) Macrophages
D) Natural killer cells
E) Plasma cells
Source: usmle_rx_qbank #2017 #immunology