BIOL 1F25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cytotoxic T Cell, Hunter-Bellevue School Of Nursing, Sarcoma
21 Jan 2016
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A lot of variation; average values show the different amounts of human. Dna were incorporated into the different mouse lines. Found in older men- kaposi sarcoma (homosexual men 26-51) No men under 50 between 1970-1979 at bellevue hospital. Rare cancer, 8 patients died, and they have other symptoms as well0 skin lesions, abscess weight loss, yeast infections, pneumonia. Found out it was an immunodeficiency (immune system compromised) Acquired-contagious through serum contact (sexual contact, drug abuse, infected mother to fetus, blood transfusions/surgery) Lag time between diagnosis and death was about 18 months- spread rapidly in usa and canada. Summary of cases reported: first half of every year number of cases in thousands 22000 cases reported in 1987 in the u. s number is the. Looked that everyone who got this disease would die. Because it is a virus and compromises t cells. T4 lymphocytes play a key role in immune response.
