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competent cell

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competent cell [¦käm·pəd·ənt ′sel]
(cell and molecular biology)
A cell that is able to incorporate exogenous deoxyribonucleic acid and undergo genetic transformation.
(embryology)
A cell that can respond to an inducer during embryonic development.


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That is what acne is by the way, inflammation that starts deep down in the dermal layer, that attracts all sorts of different immune competent cells to make the pain, redness, swelling, and pus that you find with acnes.
Analysing, therefore, the effect of mistletoe extracts on immuno competent cells in vivo in tumour patients or healthy volunteers or even in vitro one is confronted with an equation with many unknown variables (different components of the immune system, altered immune system in tumour patients, different antigens in the mistletoe extracts, etc.
The mechanism proposed is through the ability of the immunoglobulins to induce the expression of the inhibitor Fc[gamma]RIIB receptor on effectors cells, counteracting the activation responses triggered by Fc[gamma]RIIB engagement in macrophages and other immune competent cells.
 
 
 
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