helper T cell

helper T cell
help·er T cell .hel-pər-'tē- n a T cell that participates in an immune response by recognizing a foreign antigen and secreting lymphokines to activate T cell and B cell proliferation, that usu. carries CD4 molecular markers on its cell surface, and that is reduced to 20 percent or less of normal numbers in AIDS called also helper cell, helper lymphocyte, helper T lymphocyte compare CYTOTOXIC T CELL, SUPPRESSOR T CELL

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