activated lymphocyte killing

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• 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

• tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte — n a T cell that is isolated from a malignant tumor, cultured with interleukin 2, and injected back into the patient as a tumor killing cell and that has greater cytotoxicity than lymphokine activated killer cells called also TIL …   Medical dictionary

• lymphokine-activated killer cell — lym·pho·kine ac·ti·vat·ed killer cell .ak tə .vāt əd n a lymphocyte (as a natural killer cell) that has been turned into a tumor killing cell by being cultured with interleukin 2 called also LAK …   Medical dictionary

• lymphokine-activated killer cell — ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ noun : a lymphocyte (as a natural killer cell) that has been turned into a tumor killing cell by being cultured with interleukin 2 called also LAK * * * /lim feuh kuyn ak teuh vay tid/, Immunol. See LAK cell …   Useful english dictionary

• tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte — ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ , ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ (ˌ) ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ noun : a T cell that is isolated from a malignant tumor, cultured with interleukin 2, and injected back into the patient as a tumor killing cell and that has greater… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Natural killer cell — Latin lymphocytus K Code TH H2.00.04.1.02006 Natural killer cells (or NK cells) are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte that constitute a major component of the innate immune system. NK cells play a major role in the rejection of …   Wikipedia

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