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natural killer cell
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A lymphocyte that can spontaneously kill a variety of target cells without prior antigenic activation via germline encoded activation receptors and also regulate immune responses via cytokine release and direct contact with other cells. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0781735149 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15771571 ]
Term info
Label
natural killer cell
Synonyms
- NK cell
has broad synonym
null cell, large granular lymphocyte
has obo namespace
cell
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- group 1 innate lymphoid cell and capable of some natural killer cell mediated immunity and capable of some regulation of immune response and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some CD19 molecule and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some CD3 epsilon and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some membrane-spanning 4-domains subfamily A member 1 and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some CD14 molecule