CYTOTOXIC T CELLS

  

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CYTOTOXIC T CELLS

Specialty Definition: CYTOTOXIC T CELLS

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Health

A type of white blood cell that can directly destroy specific cells. T cells can be separated from other blood cells, grown in the laboratory, and then given to a patient to destroy tumor cells. Certain cytokines can also be given to a patient to help form cytotoxic T cells in the patient's body. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CYTOTOXIC T CELLS

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Books

  • Cytotoxic T cells : biology and relevance to disease (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CYTOTOXIC T CELLS

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Health

These new or altered antigens flag immune defenders, including cytotoxic T cells, natural killer cells, and macrophages. (references)

Cytotoxic T cells help rid the body of cells that have been infected by viruses as well as cells that have been transformed by cancer. (references)

To attack, cytotoxic T cells need to recognize a specific antigen, whereas natural killer or NK cells do not. Both types contain granules filled with potent chemicals, and both types kill on contact. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: CYTOTOXIC T CELLS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-c-e-i-l-l-o-o-s-t-t-t-x-y"

-5 letters: exocytotic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CYTOTOXIC T CELLS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 59 54 4F 54 4F 58 49 43      54      43 45 4C 4C 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01011001 01010100 01001111 01010100 01001111 01011000 01001001 01000011 00100000 01010100 00100000 01000011 01000101 01001100 01001100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#89 &#84 &#79 &#84 &#79 &#88 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#84 &#32 &#67 &#69 &#76 &#76 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0059 0054 004F 0054 004F 0058 0049 0043      0054      0043 0045 004C 004C 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37595449544958433725423739464653

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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