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  • noun Plural form of immunocyte.

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Examples

  • In both contexts, the “self” has slipped into an archaic formulation: From the molecularists 'perspective, atomic delineations have outstripped explanations of immune regulation so that no molecular signature of selfhood suffices to explain the complex interactions of immunocytes, their regulatory products, and the targets of their actions.

    The Impulse of Breathing 2009

  • Parasite-free chickens showing kDNA mutations develop cardiomegaly, whereby target heart cells are destroyed by effector immunocytes

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mariana M. Hecht et al. 2010

  • Sano S, Chan KS, Carbajal S, Clifford J, Peavey M, et al. (2005) Stat3 links activated keratinocytes and immunocytes required for development of psoriasis in a novel transgenic mouse model.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Malgorzata Romanowska et al. 2010

  • Although it is well known that uncontrolled keratinocyte proliferation is largely driven by proinflammatory cytokines from the immunocytes, the functional role of keratinocytes in the regulation of immunocytes is poorly understood.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Yuangang Liu 2010

  • Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disorder with aberrant regulation of keratinocytes and immunocytes.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Yuangang Liu 2010

  • This is surprising given that the pulmonary, nasal and oral immune systems which comprise the mucosal-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) are responsible for the production of approximately 80\% of all immunocytes

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • This is surprising given that the pulmonary, nasal and oral immune systems which comprise the mucosal-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) are responsible for the production of approximately 80\% of all immunocytes

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

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