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    T-lymphocyte
    noun
    a type of lymphocyte that matures in the thymus gland and has an important role in the immune response. There are several subclasses: killer T-cells are responsible for killing cells that are infected by a virus; helper T-cells induce other cells ( B-lymphocytes ) to produce antibodies
  • T lymphocyte
    T lymphocyte
    See T cell

T-lymphocyte

British  

noun

  1. Also called: T-cell.  a type of lymphocyte that matures in the thymus gland and has an important role in the immune response. There are several subclasses: killer T-cells are responsible for killing cells that are infected by a virus; helper T-cells induce other cells ( B-lymphocytes ) to produce antibodies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

T lymphocyte Scientific  
  1. See T cell


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Figure 33.9 This scanning electron micrograph shows a T lymphocyte, which is responsible for the cell-mediated immune response.

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A memory cell is an antigen-specific B or T lymphocyte that does not differentiate into effector cells during the primary immune response, but that can immediately become effector cells upon re-exposure to the same pathogen.

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CD4 is a type of molecule called a cell adhesion molecule, which functions to keep different types of immune cells in close proximity to each other during the generation of a T lymphocyte immune response.

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Telomere fluorescence measurements in granulocytes and T lymphocyte subsets point to a high turnover of hematopoietic stem cells and memory T cells in early childhood.

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Figure 17.12 This scanning electron micrograph shows a T lymphocyte.

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