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natural killer cell
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Term info
Label
natural killer cell
definition
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.
has exact synonym
NK cell
has broad synonym
null cell, large granular lymphocyte
has obo namespace
cell
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
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