LAK cell
A white blood cell that is stimulated in a laboratory to kill tumor cells. Also called a lymphokine-activated killer cell. | ||||
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LAK cell Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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lak cell
see lymphokine-activated killer cell.
see lymphokine-activated killer cell.
lymphokine-activated killer cell
a type of lymphocyte (neither a T-cell nor a B-cell) that has cytotoxic activity against a broad range of cells and is not MHC-restricted.
LAK cell Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Lymphokine-activated killer cell
In cell biology, a lymphokine-activated killer cell (also known as a LAK cell) is a white blood cell that has been stimulated to kill tumour cells. If lymphocytes are cultured in the presence of Interleukin 2, it results in the development of effector cells which are cytotoxic to tumour cells.
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