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lymphocytes
Monday 1 December 2003
Definition: White blood cells that are responsible for humoral and cellular immunity.
Types
T lymphocytes B lymphocytes
Lymphocyte morphology
small lymphocytes
- small non-cleaved lymphocytes
- small cleaved lymphocytes
large non-cleaved lymphocytes
associated cells
- follicular dendritic cell (FDC)
See also
lymphocyte migration
References
O’Garra A, Arai N. The molecular basis of T helper 1 and T helper 2 cell differentiation. Trends Cell Biol. 2000 Dec;10(12):542-50. PMID: 11121747