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Immune System Phenomena > Immunity > Adaptive Immunity > Immunity, Cellular > Lymphocyte Activation
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Immunologic Tests > Lymphocyte Activation
Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Immunologic Tests > Lymphocyte Activation
Investigative Techniques > Immunologic Techniques > Immunologic Tests > Lymphocyte Activation

Preferred term

Lymphocyte Activation  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Morphologic alteration of small B LYMPHOCYTES or T LYMPHOCYTES in culture into large blast-like cells able to synthesize DNA and RNA and to divide mitotically. It is induced by INTERLEUKINS; MITOGENS such as PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS, and by specific ANTIGENS. It may also occur in vivo as in GRAFT REJECTION.

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Entry terms

  • Blastogenesis
  • Blast Transformation
  • Lymphoblast Transformation
  • Lymphocyte Stimulation
  • Lymphocyte Transformation
  • Transformation, Blast
  • Transformation, Lymphoblast
  • Transformation, Lymphocyte

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In other languages

  • Activation des lymphocytes

    French

  • Activation lymphocytaire
  • Blastogenèse
  • Stimulation des lymphocytes
  • Stimulation lymphocytaire
  • Test de transformation blastique
  • Transformation des lymphoblastes
  • Transformation des lymphocytes
  • Transformation lymphoblastique
  • Transformation lymphocytaire

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