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.
1 Helper T cells augment the immune response by recognizing the presence of a foreign antigen and then stimulating antibody production and producing cytokines that âturn onâ or activate other T cells. 2  Regulatory T cells function in an opposite manner: they dampen or turn off the immune response.