Activated Natural Killer Cell

Preferred Label : Activated Natural Killer Cell;

NCIt synonyms : Activated Natural-Killer Cell;

NCIt definition : A cell that acts in a similar manner to a cytotoxic T cell and must be activated like a cytotoxic T cell. However, the killing exhibited by the cell is nonspecific and the cell does not require antigen/MHC recognition on the target cell. The lineage of the natural killer (NK) cell is currently not well understood.;

Details

Origin ID

C39609;

UMLS CUI

C1515881;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
Associated anatomy of gene products
- Granzyme M [NCIt concept]
- Interleukin-32 [NCIt concept]
- Natural Cytotoxicity Triggering Receptor 1 [NCIt concept]
- Natural Cytotoxicity Triggering Receptor 2 [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- natural killer cell activation [GO term]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
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- Adult Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Ann Arbor Stage I Nasal Type NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Ann Arbor Stage II Nasal Type NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Ann Arbor Stage III Nasal Type NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Ann Arbor Stage IV Nasal Type NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Childhood Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Cutaneous Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Nasal Cavity Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Nasal Type NK/T-Cell Lymphoma by Ann Arbor Stage [NCIt concept]
- Recurrent Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Refractory Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Sinonasal Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]
- Testicular Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma [NCIt concept]

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