The CTL is the cell on the left. The tumor cell membrane has become leaky and influx of water is causing it to swell. A largecavity is forming on the tumor cell.
Cytotoxic Lymphocyte
Destroying a Tumor Cell. © John Ding-E Young, Chau-Ching Lin, and Gilla
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