Passport delays: applicants' long and frustrating wait. 1  Backlog caused by spike in applications has thrown many people's plans into chaos with some having to resort to desperate measures. 2  Backlog caused by spike in applications has thrown many people's plans into chaos with some having to resort to desperate measures.
Suppressor T cell. Definition. noun. A type of T cell that expresses CD8 transmembrane glycoprotein, and functions by inhibiting, suppressing, or helping to stop an immune response by releasing signals to other immune cells. Supplement. Examples of suppressor T cells are suppressor macrophages.
In contrast to the cellular proliferation-stimulating function of proto-oncogenes and oncogenes that drive the cell cycle forward, tumor suppressor genes code for proteins that normally operate to restrict cellular growth and division or even promote programmed cell death (apoptosis).