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KILLER CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Synonyms:
CD8 cell; CD8 T cell; cytotoxic T cell; killer cell; killer T cell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("killer cell" is a kind of...):
T cell; T lymphocyte (a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells)
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes natural cytotoxicity triggering receptor 2 protein plays a role in natural killer cell function.
(NCR2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes natural killer cell receptor 2B4 protein, is involved in non-MHC-restricted NK cell killing.
(CD244 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called natural killer cell and NK cell.
(NK-LGL, NCI Dictionary)
Also called natural killer cell and NK-LGL.
(NK cell, NCI Dictionary)
This protein plays a role in the recognition of MHC class I antigens by natural killer cells.
(NKG2-C Type II Integral Membrane Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
The killing of a target cell by a killer cell by means of an antibody directed to the target by the antigen-binding arms and anchored to the killer cell via an Fc receptor.
(Antibody-Mediated Lympholysis, NCI Thesaurus)
Picibanil activates the host immune system by stimulating the activity of natural killer cells, macrophages and lymphocytes, and by enhancing the production of several key immune mediators, including interleukins and tumor necrosis factor.
(Picibanil, NCI Thesaurus)
Any process that decreases the frequency, rate or extent of apoptosis in B cells, T cells or natural killer cells.
(Negative Regulation of Lymphocyte Apoptotic Process, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in the production of both cytokines and chemokines by natural killer cells.
(NKG2D Ligand 2, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in natural killer cell function.
(NCR3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
