Meaning of natural killer cell | Babel Free

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Any cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response as part of the innate immune system.

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“While such information doesn't assist us in deciding whether natural killer cells derive from a macrophage or T cell lineage, it does tell us that the mouse natural killer cell system is a thymus dependent system.”

“1984, Meir Kende, Joseph Gainer, Michael A. Chirigos (editors), Chemical Regulation of Immunity in Veterinary Medicine: Proceedings of a Symposium, A. R. Liss, page 138, Natural killer cell activity is currently an area of active interest in cellular immunology (Herberman 1981).”

“The effects of lead exposure of varying duration on natural killer cell and T-lymphocyte function were investigated in rats.”

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