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T-lymphocyte

noun

  1. 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 Also calledT-cell
“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

  1. See T cell
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The title of the invention, from 1996, is “Blockade of T-Lymphocyte Down-Regulation Associated with CTLA-4 Signalling.”

And blood cells themselves have been genetically manipulated to serve as weapons against cancers: in a process called CAR T-cell therapy, the body’s own T-lymphocyte cells can be engineered to recognize and combat leukemia, lung cancer, and Hodgkin’s disease.

And blood cells themselves have been genetically manipulated to serve as weapons against cancers: in a process called CAR T-cell therapy, the body’s own T-lymphocyte cells can be engineered to recognize and combat leukemia, lung cancer, and Hodgkin’s disease.

These findings establish the importance of inflammation-induced suppression of cytotoxic CD8+ T-lymphocyte activation as a tumour-promoting mechanism.

From Nature

Thyroid patients tend to be preoccupied with antibodies, but Rose, who now runs the Center for Autoimmune Disease Research at Johns Hopkins, notes that one culprit in Hashimoto’s might be the T-lymphocyte—you could have a low antibody count and still be quite sick, or a high antibody count and feel fine.

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