Natural Killer T-Cell

Preferred Label : Natural Killer T-Cell;

NCIt synonyms : Natural Killer T Cell; NK T-Cell; NKT Cell;

NCIt definition : A subset of T-lymphocytes that coexpress an alpha/beta T-cell receptor, and variety of molecular markers that are typically associated with natural killer (NK) cells, which may include CD161, CD16, CD68, and granzyme. NK T-cells recognize glycolipids presented by antigen-presenting glycoprotein CD1d on antigen presenting cells; antigen recognition stimulates a rapid release of various cytokines from the NK T-cells.;

Details

Origin ID

C129906;

UMLS CUI

C2350466;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- killer cells, natural [MeSH Descriptor]
- natural killer T cell [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- natural killer T-Cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- natural killer T-Cells [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- natural killer T-Cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- natural killer T-Cells [MeSH concept]
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- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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