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accessory cell
Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response. -
antibody
Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease. -
autoimmune
Autoimmune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body's immune system. -
immunity
the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like. -
immunology
the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis. -
t cell
any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.