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    Natural killer cells, also known as NK cells or large granular lymphocytes (LGL), are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte critical to the innate immune system...
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    major types of lymphocyte are T cells, B cells and natural killer (NK) cells. Lymphocytes can be identified by their large nucleus. T cells (thymus cells)...
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  • in the rejection. B-lymphocytes, NK cells and cytokines also play a role in it. Cellular rejection – CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes, NK cells Humoral rejection...
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    granules are why NK cells have an alternate name- Large Granular Lymphocytes (LGLs).[citation needed] NK cells are the only lymphocytes considered part...
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    T cell (redirect from T lymphocyte)
    the adaptive immune response. T cells can be distinguished from other lymphocytes by the presence of a T-cell receptor (TCR) on their cell surface. T cells...
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    differentiation as well as lymphocyte retention in lymphoid organs. The activation of T lymphocytes and Natural Killer (NK) cells, both in vivo and in...
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    due to the malignant transformation of either one of two types of lymphocytes, NK cells or a T cell variant termed cytotoxic T cells, that are infected...
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    B cell (redirect from B lymphocyte)
    B cells, also known as B lymphocytes, are a type of white blood cell of the lymphocyte subtype. They function in the humoral immunity component of the...
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  • granular lymphocytes (LGLs) in the peripheral blood. It is divided in two main categories: T-cell LGL leukemia (T-LGLL) and natural-killer (NK)-cell LGL...
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  • system.[citation needed] In NK lymphocytopenia, there are too few natural killer cells, but normal numbers of other lymphocytes. This is very rare.[citation...
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    Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) are white blood cells that have left the bloodstream and migrated towards a tumor. They include T cells and B cells...
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    gnaw) is when a cell nibbles another cell. It is a process whereby lymphocytes (B, T and NK cells) conjugated to antigen-presenting cells extract surface molecules...
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    Aggressive NK-cell leukemia is a disease with an aggressive, systemic proliferation of natural killer cells (NK cells) and a rapidly declining clinical...
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    Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) is a slow-growing CD20 positive form of Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system's B cells...
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    invaders. White blood cells include three main subtypes: granulocytes, lymphocytes and monocytes. All white blood cells are produced and derived from multipotent...
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  • ISBN 9780191727641. OCLC 743217704. Verma NK, Kelleher D (August 2017). "Not Just an Adhesion Molecule: LFA-1 Contact Tunes the T Lymphocyte Program". Journal of Immunology...
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    primarily due to the loss of any helper T cell that can interact with the B lymphocyte correctly. Another symptom of AIDS is the reduction in antibody levels...
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    response are white blood cells known as lymphocytes. B cells and T cells, two different types of lymphocytes, carry out the main activities: antibody...
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  • B lymphocytes without T lymphocyte involvement. There are 2 distinct subgroups of TI antigens, different in mechanism of activating B lymphocytes. TI-1...
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  • cells, NK cells and B cells. Chiu, PL., Chang, CH., Lin, YL.; et al. (2019). "Rapid and Safe Isolation of Human Peripheral Blood B and T Lymphocytes through...
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  • NK cell enteropathy (NKCE), and a closely related disorder, lymphomatoid gastropathy (LG), are non-malignant diseases in which one type of lymphocyte...
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    Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) are lymphocytes found in the epithelial layer of mammalian mucosal linings, such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract...
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  • immunological components include immune cells such as T lymphocytes or tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes, NK cells, macrophages, or B cells. There seems to be...
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    gene. Granzyme B is expressed by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cells. CTL and NK cells share the remarkable ability to recognize...
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    Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4, (CTLA-4) also known as CD152 (cluster of differentiation 152), is a protein receptor that functions as an...
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  • the interface between an antigen-presenting cell or target cell and a lymphocyte such as a T cell, B cell, or natural killer cell. The interface was originally...
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  • (cytotoxic T cells). The term "NK T cells" was first used in mice to define a subset of T cells that expressed the natural killer (NK) cell-associated marker...
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  • affecting circulating lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. The lymphocytic leukemias are closely related to lymphomas of the lymphocytes, to the point that...
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  • blood NK cells and CD8 T lymphocytes with cytolytic effector activity. In tissues, CD160 is expressed on all intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes. CD160...
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    killer cells (NK cells) are lymphocytes and a component of the innate immune system which does not directly attack invading microbes. Rather, NK cells destroy...
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