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- noun Alternative spelling of
T cell .
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Examples
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In Type 1 diabetes, an abnormal version of an immune system cell called a T-cell mistakenly sees the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas as an enemy and attacks them.
Drug Offers Hope In Diabetes Study Ron Winslow 2011
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A second type of food allergy—known as a T-cell mediated allergy—occurs when T cells within the intestinal mucosa see a food as foreign and the immune system reacts to the presence of that food.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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A second type of food allergy—known as a T-cell mediated allergy—occurs when T cells within the intestinal mucosa see a food as foreign and the immune system reacts to the presence of that food.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Carl June and other researchers at the University of Pennsylvania took blood from the three patients, and isolated a kind of immune cell in the blood called a T-cell.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Kim’s case was undoubtedly serious, with a double-digit CD4—cluster of differentiation 4, or what Susannah called T-cell, count—and skyrocketing viral load; yet the right combination of drugs could conceivably turn it around.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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Kim’s case was undoubtedly serious, with a double-digit CD4—cluster of differentiation 4, or what Susannah called T-cell, count—and skyrocketing viral load; yet the right combination of drugs could conceivably turn it around.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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Kim’s case was undoubtedly serious, with a double-digit CD4—cluster of differentiation 4, or what Susannah called T-cell, count—and skyrocketing viral load; yet the right combination of drugs could conceivably turn it around.
The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008
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Processing donor lymphocytes for T-cell infusions.
Stem Cell Lab 2010
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Donor transplants with unrelated and partially matched related donors using T-cell depletion to prevent graft vs. host disease for patients who do not have a matched sibling donor.
Our Approach to BMT 2010
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I haven't been able to cry, not when I saw the look on the first x-ray tech's face, not when I felt the clicking wheels of gurney wheels meeting linoleum floor, not when the doctor looming over me said I have T-cell lymphoma, cancer, a giant tumor pushing against my lungs.
Valerie Sobel: Andre Sobel Essay Award Winner: 'Chai' Valerie Sobel 2010
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