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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