cytotoxic killer lymphocyte

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• 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

• 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

• killer cell — n a lymphocyte (as a cytotoxic T cell or a natural killer cell) with cytotoxic activity …   Medical dictionary

• killer T lymphocyte — n cytotoxic 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 — 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

• killer T cell — noun 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 • Syn: ↑killer cell, ↑cytotoxic T cell, ↑CD8 T cell, ↑CD8 cell • Hypernyms: ↑T cell, ↑T lymphocyte * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• cytotoxic T lymphocytes — (CTL) differentiated T lymphocytes that can recognize and lyse target cells bearing specific antigens recognized by their antigen receptors. Recognition is MHC restricted; the foreign antigen is recognized only in association with self MHC… …   Medical dictionary

• killer cell — noun 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 • Syn: ↑killer T cell, ↑cytotoxic T cell, ↑CD8 T cell, ↑CD8 cell • Hypernyms: ↑T cell, ↑T lymphocyte * * *… …   Useful english dictionary