Sentences with phrase «+ killer cells»

The vaccine was aimed at generating responses to the neoantigens from T cells of two kinds — CD8 + killer cells and CD4 + helper cells.

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There was also an enhancement of infiltrating CD8 + cells, macrophages and natural killer cells.

Other immune cells, the specific killer cells, which are also known as CD8 + T cells and multiply prodigiously and mature in response to an infection, can also exhibit stress symptoms and thereby potentially end up on the NK cells» hit list.

Another interesting finding was the impact of the antibody on CD4 + T cells, helper cells that promote the development of killer T cells called CD8 +, which target and destroy virus - infected liver cells.

New research from La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology lays the groundwork to parse how the virus interacts with its host and causes disease by pinpointing CD8 + T cells, a subset of T cells more commonly known as cytotoxic or killer T cells, as important gatekeepers that control Zika infection or limit the severity of disease.

Human leukocyte antigen - G5 secretion by human mesenchymal stem cells is required to suppress T lymphocyte and natural killer function and to induce CD4 + CD25highFOXP3 + regulatory T cells.

Using a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches, Darnell's lab discovered that the immune systems of PND patients thwart tumors with what is essentially an antiviral response: The patients» T cells produce CD8 + killer T cells that recognize the neuronal antigens present within their tumors.

The earliest came from a landmark study in 1998 by Haruo Ohtani, M.D., who demonstrated that the presence and location of CD8 + killer T cells within the tumor microenvironment (aka «tumor - infiltrating lymphocytes,» or TILs) correlated with better outcomes in colon cancer.

CD8 + killer T cells are cells that destroy thousands of bacteria and viruses each day.

Here we show that the frequency of CD8 + T cells expressing the inhibitory killer cell lectin - like receptor G1 (KLRG1), a marker of cells unable to undergo further clonal expansion, was markedly elevated in CD8 + T cells from old donors.

CD8 + T - cells (or killer T - cells) are a kind of immune cell that specializes in destroying cells that have been hijacked by viruses or by cancer.

Lymphocytes (T - cells = Thymic lymphocytes = killer T cells (aka CD8 +, cytotoxic T cells) & Helper T cells (aka CD4 +)-RRB- patrol the body constantly looking for suspicious invaders or unnecessary elements through the release of lymphokines.