A lymphocyte that can spontaneously kill a variety of target cells without prior antigenic activation via germline encoded activation receptors and also regulate immune responses via cytokine release and direct contact with other cells. [ GOC:add https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0781735149 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15771571 ]
Synonyms: NK cell
Term information
- VHOG:0001697
- BTO:0000914
- FMA:63147
- BTO:0004716
- CALOHA:TS-0664
- MESH:D007694
- FMA:83601
general_cell_types_upper_slim, cellxgene_subset, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- group 1 innate lymphoid cell and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some CD19 molecule and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some CD3 epsilon and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some membrane-spanning 4-domains subfamily A member 1 and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some CD14 molecule and capable of some natural killer cell mediated immunity and capable of some regulation of immune response