Definition of CD4 T cell

1. Noun. T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells; helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus.

Exact synonyms: Cd4 Cell, Helper Cell, Helper T Cell
Generic synonyms: T Cell, T Lymphocyte

Lexicographical Neighbors of CD4 T Cell

CD28
CD29
CD3
CD30
CD31
CD34
CD36
CD4
CD4-positive T-lymphocytes
CD4/CD8 count
CD40
CD44
CD45
CD45 phosphatase
CD4:CD8 ratio
CD4 T cell (current term)
CD4 cell
CD4 cell count
CD4 immunoadhesins
CD4 lymphocyte
CD4 lymphocyte count
CD5
CD50
CD55
CD56
CD57
CD58
CD59
CD7
CD8

Literary usage of CD4 T cell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"Mizoguchi A, Mizoguchi E, Saubermann LJ, Higaki K. Blumberg RS. Bhan AK. 2000. Limited CD4 T-cell diversity associated with colitis in ..."

2. Children's Environmental Health Research: Indoor Mold and Children's Health edited by Allen Dearry, Gwen Collman (2000)
"Subjects A and B had very low CD4 counts, although no histories of HIV infection or similar risk factor for low CD4 T-cell counts were evident except for ..."

3. HIV-positive Educators in South African Public Schools: Predictions for ...by Thomas Rehle by Thomas Rehle (2005)
"... blood samples (n=30 and n= 327 respectively) referred for routine CD4 T cell enumeration to the Johannesburg Hospital Flow Cytometry laboratory, ..."

4. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... 1997 INDICATION DESIGNATED Treatment of symptomatic patients with AIDS including all patients with CD4 T-cell counts less than 200 cells per mm3. ..."

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