natural killer cell

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natural killer cell

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000623

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

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database cross reference

FMA:63147
FMA:83601
VHOG:0001697
BTO:0004716
MESH:D007694
BTO:0000914
CALOHA:TS-0664

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general_cell_types_upper_slim, human_reference_atlas

has broad synonym

null cell

large granular lymphocyte

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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Equivalent to:

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

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