cytotoxic T lymphocyte
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cytotoxic t lymphocyte — noun see cytotoxic t cell … Useful english dictionary
cytotoxic T-lymphocyte — (CTL) The activated T cell that can attack and destroy virus infected cells, tumor cells, and foreign cells … Dictionary of microbiology
cytotoxic T lymphocyte — killer T cells, immune system cell that kills cancerous or infected cells, primary type of cell involved in cell mediated immunity, CTL (Immunology) … English contemporary dictionary
Cytotoxic T cell — Antigen presentation stimulates T cells to become either cytotoxic CD8+ cells or helper CD4+ cells. A cytotoxic T cell (also known as TC, Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte, CTL, T Killer cell, cytolytic T cell, CD8+ T cells or killer T cell) belongs to a… … Wikipedia
cytotoxic T cell — Immunol. See killer T cell. Also called cytotoxic T lymphocyte. * * * … Universalium
Lymphocyte T-Cell Immune Modulator — (LTCI, Lymphocyte T Cell Immunomodulator) is an immune regulating polypeptide. Lymphocyte T Cell Immune Modulator is a potent regulator of CD 4 lymphocyte production and function. It has been shown to increase lymphocyte numbers and Interleukin 2 … Wikipedia
cytotoxic T cell — n a T cell that usu. bears CD8 molecular markers on its surface and that functions in cell mediated immunity by destroying a cell (as a virus infected cell) having a specific antigenic molecule on its surface called also CTL, cytolytic T cell,… … Medical dictionary
Lymphocyte — A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system. By their appearance under the light microscope, there are two broad categories of lymphocytes, namely the large granular lymphocytes and the small lymphocytes.… … Wikipedia
lymphocyte — lymphocytic /lim feuh sit ik/, adj. /lim feuh suyt /, n. Anat. a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm. Cf. B cell, T cell. [1885 90; LYMPHO + CYTE] * * * Type of leukocyte… … Universalium
lymphocyte — A white blood cell formed in lymphatic tissue throughout the body ( e.g., lymph node s, spleen, thymus, tonsils, Peyer patches, and sometimes in bone marrow) and in … Medical dictionary
