Step I another FA error?

[Halaljello]

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2004 edition

in the micro section, where they give you the sample clinical cases, they say a case with a patient with mono involves abnormal B lymphocytes while when you look at the FA section where they talk about Miono, they say the atypical lymphocytes are "T" cells. I checked CMRS and it was confirmed to be T cells.

anyone else agree?

 

[phllystyl]

2004 edition

in the micro section, where they give you the sample clinical cases, they say a case with a patient with mono involves abnormal B lymphocytes while when you look at the FA section where they talk about Miono, they say the atypical lymphocytes are "T" cells. I checked CMRS and it was confirmed to be T cells.

anyone else agree?

Bit of a tough one. Arent the B cells truly abnormal in EBV? EBV infects them via CD21 and they proliferate. The classic "atypical Cells" of EBV are indeed T cells (CD8+ I think) fighting the infection,

So, atypical cells = T cells but the B cells are definitely abnormal.

 

[Stinger86]

EBV infects B cells, but it is the T cell that's "atypical"

 

[Idiopathic]

CD8+ T cells predominate among the atypical lymphocytes, so, while EBV does infect CD21+ B cells, the majority of atypical lymphocytes are T cells.