helper T cell
helper T cell
nounDefinition of HELPER T CELL
: a T cell that participates in an immune response by recognizing a foreign antigen and secreting lymphokines to activate T cell and B cell proliferation and that usually carries CD4 molecular markers on its cell surface —called also helper cell, T-helper cell
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1974
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