How to Use T cell in a Sentence

T cell

noun
  • T cells help the body heal from injuries and fight infections.
    Shyam Bansal, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Once trained, T cells can travel anywhere in the body to hunt down danger.
    Carla K. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
  • Six others received a small amount of chemotherapy to make space for the new T cells.
    ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • The same T cells were circulating for more than a decade, in some cases.
    Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • That’s because the damage helps to lure in tumor-fighting T cells.
    Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
  • Turns out, her immune system couldn't activate its T cells to fight off the virus.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
  • B cells identify cancer cells and send the signal to T cells to go in and attack.
    Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Do T cells work with other immune cells to impact the process of milk production?
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Lymph nodes are where T cells and B cells encounter foreign invaders and mount a defense.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • Later, those mast cells split again, giving rise to red blood cells and prototypic T cells.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • Reina-Campos leads research into how the body’s T cells might be used to fight tumors.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Memory T cells, which are also tailored to the specific threat, are a key part of this.
    WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
  • To simplify, Keytruda works by lifting that shield so T cells can see the cancer again.
    Allison Aubrey, NPR, 1 June 2026
  • Researchers then crafted a personalized stem cell transplant to swap out her faulty T cells for healthy ones.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Lymph nodes are where T cells and B cells encounter foreign invaders and mount a defense response.
    Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
  • Robinson said the pathway described in his study could activate that T cell response.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
  • T cells are a type of white blood cells that help protect the body from infection and disease by targeting specific threats.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The likely explanation is found in a special cell in the human immune system known as a T cell.
    David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020
  • And if a virus does manage to invade a host cell, it will be targeted for destruction by memory T cells.
    WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Whereas tumor T cells get bogged down, lymph node T cells provide the long-term reinforcements.
    New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This allowed the team to track and follow where the CAR T cells traveled throughout the body.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The T cells need to penetrate the cancerous tissue to be effective.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Blocking this receptor hinders the production of T cells that can help heal wounds on the barrier of the skin, lungs and gut.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 July 2024
  • In time, Guccione said, the test could be used alongside other assays to reveal more about how T cells protect and for how long.
    Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The therapy also expanded pre-existing T cells in the brain.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The direct tethering transforms resting T cells into potent killers at the tumor site.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • One study suggested that sleep helps the body's infection-fighting T cells work more efficiently.
    Karen Pallarito, Health, 27 Sep. 2023
  • However, Davis pointed out their measurements turned up other kinds of T cells for the virus in the blood at levels that looked fine.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • These peripheral systems might help catch rogue T cells that somehow pass the central test but still have the ability to attack the body.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • One key molecule involved in blocking CAR-T cells is called galectin-3.
    Charles J. Dimitroff, The Conversation, 12 June 2026

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