Tlymphocytesexecuteandcontrolimmunologicalreactionswitharepertoireofcytokines,cytotoxicsubstances,andothermediators.ThequantitativeandqualitativeanalysisofCD8
+Tcellsspecificallyrecognizingandreactingtowardsadefinedantigenprovideimportantinformationtounderstandtheirfunctioninvariousimmunologicalsituations.Antigen-specificCD8
+Tcellscanbeidentifiedandcharacterizedbyanalyzingtheireffectorfunction,e.g.,productionofcytokines.