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Health | Lymphocytes responsible for cell-mediated immunity. Two types have been identified - cytotoxic (T-lymphocytes, cytotoxic) and helper T-lymphocytes (T-lymphocytes, helper-inducer). They are formed when lymphocytes circulate through the thymus gland and differentiate to thymocytes. When exposed to an antigen, they divide rapidly and produce large numbers of new T cells sensitized to that antigen. (references) |
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 | Shown is a close-up of scientist's hands holding three test tubes. The one on the left contains normal healthy t-lymphocytes, notice the pellet on the bottom. The middle vial has t-cells that have been infected with the AIDS virus HIV also known as HTLV-III; note the pellet has been destroyed since the cells have died. The test tube on the right contains t-lymphocytes that were exposed to the AIDS virus but since they were protected by AZT, the cells were not destroyed and the pellet stayed intact. Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |  | Shown are electron micrographs of the family of retroviruses that reproduce in t-lymphocytes. Retroviruses, which cause a variety of naturally occurring cancers in many animal species, also cause cancers in human beings. The first two human retroviruses to be discovered and characterized, human t-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II), have been associated with the human cancers known, respectively, as adult t-cell leukemia and hairy cell leukemia. HTLV-III is the AIDS virus, now called HIV-I. Epidemiologic studies have shown that HTLV-I infection and t-cell malignancy both cluster in certain geographic areas and in certain populations, and suggest that transmission occurs in the household, through sexual contacts, and perhaps at birth. See artwork: GR-30. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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Health | Immunological studies on sarcoidosis patients show that many of the immune functions associated with thymus-derived white blood cells, called T-lymphocytes or T-cells, are depressed. (references) | |
The heightened cellular immune response in the diseased tissue is characterized by significant increases in activated T-lymphocytes with certain characteristic cell-surface antigens, as well as in activated alveolar macrophages. (references) | ||
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| "T-LYMPHOCYTES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "T-LYMPHOCYTES" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 77.78% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
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Expressions using "T-LYMPHOCYTES": CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ♦ CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "T-LYMPHOCYTES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | T-effektor lymfocytter (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
Dutch | T-effectorcellen (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
Finnish | muistisolu (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
French | lymphocytes T-effecteurs (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
German | T-Inducer-Zellen (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
Greek | ενισχυτικά Τ λεμφοκύτταρα (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
Italian | linfociti T effettori (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
Portuguese | linfócitos T efectores (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
Spanish | linfocitos T inductores (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
Swedish | T-effektorlymfocyter (effector T-lymphocytes). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-l-m-o-p-s-t-t-y-y" | |
-1 letter: lymphocytes. | |
-2 letters: lymphocyte, thymocytes. | |
-3 letters: hypostyle, thymocyte. | |
-4 letters: cymosely, mesophyl, polysemy, splotchy. | |
-5 letters: clothes, coempts, compels, cotypes, employs, methyls, motleys, mottles, peyotls, phloems, phytols, pottles, splotch, thymols, typhose. | |
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