T Cell

T cells are a subset of lymphocytes that play a large role in the primary immune response. The abbreviation "T" stands for thymus, the organ in which their final stage of their development occurs.

There are many types of T cells:

Cytotoxic T cells (CD8+) destroy infected cells. These cells function as 'killer' or cytotoxic cells because they are able to destroy target cells which express specific antigens that they recognize.
Helper T cells (CD4+) are "middlemen" in the immune response and proliferate to activate many other types of cells which act more directly in the response. CD4+ T cells regulate or 'help' other lymphocyte function. They are known as the target of HIV infection, and the decrease of CD4+ T cells results in AIDS.
Suppressor T cells turn off the immune response once an antigen has been eliminated from the body.

Cell-mediated immunity (the immune response against pathogenic organisms inside body cells) involves T cell activation.

Domain	Title
Books	The Polymerase Chain Reaction and the Analysis of the t Cell Receptor Repertoire (Medical Intelligence Unit) (reference) Cutaneous t Cell Lymphoma: Basic and Clinically Relevant Biology (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol 941) (reference) Adult t Cell Leukemia and Related Diseases (Medical Intelligence Unit) (reference) Methods in Enzymology: Immunochemical Techniques, Part K: In Virto Models of B and t Cell Functions and Lymphoid Cell Receptors (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: T Cell

Expressions: T Cell

Modern Translation: T Cell

Language		Translations for "T cell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		T-suppressor-lymfocytter (suppressive cell, suppressive lymphocyte, suppressive T cell, suppressor T cell, suppressor T lymphocyte), Tc-lymfocyt (cytotoxic T cell, cytotoxic T lymphocyte), T-celle lekæmivirus hos simian (simian T cell leukemia virus, STLV-3), suppressor-T-celler (suppressive cell, suppressive lymphocyte, suppressive T cell, suppressor T cell, suppressor T lymphocyte), cytotoksisk T-lymfocyt (cytotoxic T cell, cytotoxic T lymphocyte). (various references)

Dutch		T-suppressorcellen (suppressive cell, suppressive lymphocyte, suppressive T cell, suppressor T cell, suppressor T lymphocyte), T-geheugenlymfocyt (memory T cell, memory T lymphocyte), T-geheugencel (memory T cell, memory T lymphocyte), T H-I-lymfocyt (inflammatory T cell), STLV,STLV-I blijkt grote gelijkenis te vertonen met het HTLV-I en werd bij apen geïsoleerd,waardoor men veronderstelt dat de mens vanuit dit dierenreservoir in Afrika is besmet (simian T cell leukemia virus, STLV-3), Semian T-lymfotroopvirus (simian T cell leukemia virus, STLV-3), geheugen-T-lymfocyt (memory T cell, memory T lymphocyte), cytotoxische T-lymfocyt (cytotoxic T cell, cytotoxic T lymphocyte), auto-immuun T-lymfocyt (autoimmune T cell, autoimmune T lymphocyte). (various references)

Finnish		T-lymfosyytti (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell), T-imusolu (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell). (various references)

French		lymphocyte T (T lymphocyte). (various references)

German		T-Zelle (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell), T-Lymphozyt (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell). (various references)

Greek		Τ λεμφοκύτταρο (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell). (various references)

Italian		linfocito T (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell), cellula T (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell). (various references)

Pig Latin		tay ellcay.(various references)

Portuguese		linfócito T (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell). (various references)

Spanish		linfocito T (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell). (various references)

Swedish		T-lymfocyt (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell), thymus-beroende lymfocyt (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell), thymus-beroende cell (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell), T-cell (T lymphocyte, thymus-dependent cell, thymus-dependent lymphocyte, thymus-derived cell). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: T Cell

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	Words within the letters "c-e-l-l-t"
	-1 letter: cell, celt, tell.
	-2 letters: cel, ell, let, tel.
	-3 letters: el, et.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-l-l-t"
	+1 letter: callet, collet, cullet.
	+2 letters: callets, cellist, collate, collect, collets, cullets, hellcat, lacteal.
	+3 letters: allocate, balletic, cellaret, cellists, cellmate, chillest, cliental, clitella, cloudlet, collaret, collated, collates, collects, colleted, cultlike, dulcetly, elliptic, hellcats, lacteals, lancelet, lenticel, localite, loculate, lucently, luculent, metallic, ocellate, rectally, scutella, selectly, telluric, teocalli.
	+4 letters: allocated, allocates, calculate, callowest, candlelit, castellan, catcalled, celestial, cellarets, cellmates, cellulite, centrally, chilliest, clemently, clientele, clitellum, closetful, cloudlets, collarets, collected, collector, colleting, colligate, collimate, collocate, collotype, corollate, covellite, cruellest, cucullate, decollate, decollete, dialectal, electable, electoral, ethically, excellent, hillcrest, intellect, intercell, lancelets, lenticels, lenticule, localites, locatable, metallics, multicell, oscillate, photocell, placental, recollect, scutellar, scutellum, sylleptic, tactilely, telically, teocallis, vacillate.
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Domain	Definition
Health	One type of white blood cell that attacks virus-infected cells, foreign cells, and cancer cells. T cells also produce a number of substances that regulate the immune response. (references)
Medicine	T lymphocyte:cell which develops in the thymus and which acts to help or suppress T and B cell function(antibody production)and which is the effector(cytotoxic)cell of cell-mediated immunity. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Each T cell is named for the markers found on its surface. (references)
		The T cell has a molecule on its surface called the T-cell receptor. (references)
		With the cooperation of a helper T cell, the cytotoxic T cell matures. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

T Cell

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Expressions using "T cell": CD4 T cell ♦ CD8 T cell ♦ cytotoxic T cell ♦ helper T cell ♦ inducer T cell ♦ killer T cell ♦ suppressive T cell ♦ suppressor T cell. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.