To fight viral infections, your immune system calls on CD8 T cells to kill the infected cells. The CD8 T cells can also be used in immunotherapy approaches to kill cancer cells, including the CAR T cell therapy currently attracting broad public attention.
Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-molecules-great-potential-combat-cancer.htmlThanks, More information: Hesham M. Shehata et al. Lack of Sprouty 1 and 2 enhances survival of effector CD8+T cells and yields more protective memory cells, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808320115
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