cytotoxic T cell

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cytotoxic T cell [¦sīd·ə‚täk·sik ′tē ‚sel]

(immunology)

A type of T cell which protects against pathogens that invade host cell cytoplasm, where they cannot be bound by antibodies, by recognizing and killing the host cell before the pathogens can proliferate and escape.

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No references found			The immune system uses natural killer (NK) and cytotoxic T cells to help eliminate viral infections and cancer cells, explains Christoph Wuelfing, assistant professor in the Center for Immunology. NK and T cells team to tackle cancer by USA Today (Magazine) In an effort to save his life, doctors at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, in Birmingham, decided to make him the first child in the world to receive cytotoxic T cell therapy. Cancer boy, 4 in gift of life 'first' by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) In an effort to save his life, doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital decided to make him the first child in the world to receive cytotoxic T cell therapy. Cancer boy saved by pioneer work by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			Cytophagaceae Cytophagales cytopharynx cytophilic antibody Cytophotometry Cytoplasm Cytoplasmic Heredity cytoplasmic inheritance cytoplasmic male sterility cytoplasmic streaming cytoplast cytopyge Cytorrhiza Cytosine cytoskeleton cytosol cytosome Cytospora Infection cytostasis cytostatic Cytostatic Agent cytostome cytotaxis cytotechnologist cytotoxic cytotoxic T cell cytotrophoblast cytotropic antibody cytotropism Cytoxan Cyzicus cz Czapek's agar Czardas Czartoryski Czartoryski family Czech Czech language Czech Legion Czech literature Czech Progressive Party Czech Republic Czech Socialist Republic Czech Statehood Day Czech Uprising of 1547 Czech Uprising of 1618–20 Czech Uprising of 1775 Czechoslovak Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Czechoslovak Corps Mutiny of 1918 Czechoslovak Independence Day			Cytotoxic CD8 T lymphocyte Cytotoxic CD8 T lymphocyte Cytotoxic CD8 T lymphocytes Cytotoxic CD8 T lymphocytes Cytotoxic CD8 T lymphocytes Cytotoxic Cell Proteinase-1 cytotoxic drug cytotoxic drug cytotoxic drug cytotoxic drugs cytotoxic drugs cytotoxic drugs cytotoxic edema cytotoxic edema cytotoxic edema cytotoxic hypersensitivity cytotoxic hypersensitivity cytotoxic hypersensitivity cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction cytotoxic killer T cell Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Maturation Factor Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 2 Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Type 1 Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor-1 cytotoxic reaction cytotoxic T cell Cytotoxic T Cell Precursor Cytotoxic T cells Cytotoxic T cells Cytotoxic T cells cytotoxic T l cytotoxic T l cytotoxic T l Cytotoxic T lymphocyte Cytotoxic T lymphocyte Cytotoxic T lymphocyte Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Effector Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Precursor Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Precursor Cell Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Associated Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen 4 Cytotoxic T lymphocytes Cytotoxic T lymphocytes Cytotoxic T lymphocytes Cytotoxic T lymphocytes Cytotoxic T-cell Cytotoxic T-cell Cytotoxic T-cell Cytotoxic T-cells Cytotoxic T-cells Cytotoxic T-cells Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4

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