In dictionaries:
killer T cell
Immune cell that destroys pathogens.
natural killer cell
Immune cell targeting viruses, tumors.
natural killer (nk) cell
lymphokine-activated killer cell
In cell biology, a lymphokine-activated killer cell (also known as a LAK cell) is a white blood cell, consisting mostly of natural killer, natural killer T, and T cells that has been stimulated to kill tumor cells, but because of the function in which they activate, and the cells they can successfully target, they are classified as different than the classical natural killer and T lymphocyte systems.
lymphokine activated killer cell
Immune cell killing cancer cells.
Natural killer T cell
Natural killer T cells are a heterogeneous group of T cells that share properties of both T cells and natural killer cells.
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