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"etymology_text": "The description \"natural killer\" refers to the fact that they do not require activation to kill cells missing MHC class I \"self\" markers.",
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"ref": "1982, Gustavo Cudkowicz, “Regulation of Natural Cytotoxic Activity”, in Sigurd J. Normann, Ernst Sorkin, editors, Macrophages and Natural Killer Cells, Plenum Press, page 767",
"text": "While such information doesn't assist us in deciding whether natural killer cells derive from a macrophage or T cell lineage, it does tell us that the mouse natural killer cell system is a thymus dependent system.",
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"text": "1984, Meir Kende, Joseph Gainer, Michael A. Chirigos (editors), Chemical Regulation of Immunity in Veterinary Medicine: Proceedings of a Symposium, A. R. Liss, page 138,\nNatural killer cell activity is currently an area of active interest in cellular immunology (Herberman 1981)."
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"ref": "1999, Toxicological Profile for Lead, United States Department of Health and Human Services, page 173",
"text": "The effects of lead exposure of varying duration on natural killer cell and T-lymphocyte function were investigated in rats.",
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"Any cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response as part of the innate immune system."
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"(immunology) Any cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response as part of the innate immune system."
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"english": "performs an analogous role for the adaptive immune system",
"word": "cytotoxic T cell"
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"word": "large granular lymphocyte"
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"word": "NK"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
"word": "természetes ölősejt"
},
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "kujerexaneya sirûştî"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
"word": "doğal katil hücre"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
"word": "doğal öldürücü hücre"
}
],
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"etymology_text": "The description \"natural killer\" refers to the fact that they do not require activation to kill cells missing MHC class I \"self\" markers.",
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"text": "While such information doesn't assist us in deciding whether natural killer cells derive from a macrophage or T cell lineage, it does tell us that the mouse natural killer cell system is a thymus dependent system.",
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"text": "1984, Meir Kende, Joseph Gainer, Michael A. Chirigos (editors), Chemical Regulation of Immunity in Veterinary Medicine: Proceedings of a Symposium, A. R. Liss, page 138,\nNatural killer cell activity is currently an area of active interest in cellular immunology (Herberman 1981)."
},
{
"ref": "1999, Toxicological Profile for Lead, United States Department of Health and Human Services, page 173",
"text": "The effects of lead exposure of varying duration on natural killer cell and T-lymphocyte function were investigated in rats.",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
"word": "természetes ölősejt"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kujerexaneya sirûştî"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
"word": "doğal katil hücre"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response",
"word": "doğal öldürücü hücre"
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"word": "natural killer cell"
}
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