cell-mediated immunity

cell-mediated immunity
(CMI), cellular immunity immunity mediated by T lymphocytes either through release of lymphokines or through exertion of direct cytotoxicity, transmissible by transfer of lymphocytes but not serum; it includes type IV hypersensitivity reactions, such as contact dermatitis, granulomatous disease, allograft rejection, graft-versus-host disease, and systemic responses to viral or microbial infections or to tumor cells. Called also T cell–mediated i. Cf. humoral i.

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