Definition of Receptor (immunology)

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Receptor (immunology)
A receptor in immunology is a molecule on the surface of an immunocyte (a cell of the immune system) which binds its ligand (a molecule of some sort; from Latin 'ligandum', an item which is to be bound).

Examples of these receptors include:


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