| 单词 | suppressor cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuppressor cell suppressor cell n. Immunology a cell that suppresses some aspect of the functioning of the immune system; spec. (more fully suppressor T cell) any of a class of T lymphocytes which reduce the magnitude of humoral or cell-mediated immune responses. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > process stimulators or inhibitors > other stimulators or inhibitors > [noun] > immunosuppressant suppressor cell1962 immunosuppressant1968 1962 Jrnl. Allergy & Clin. Immunol. 69 100 These results suggest that Ag-S [= antigen-adherent] cells were enriched for suppressor cells specific for Ag in patients receiving immunotherapy. 1972 Jrnl. Immunol. 108 590/1 It is possible that there are separate populations of activator (x) and suppressor (y) T cells. 1993 Vanity Fair Nov. 53/2 It is conceivable that there is a population of cells called suppressor cells which is helping to keep the disease in check. 1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xii. 404 It seemed that suppressor T cells, which were in astonishing abundance, were stifling the rabbits' antibody response. 2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 May b11 Dr. Tada became a leading advocate for the unpopular view that the suppressor cell would be found in time. < as lemmas |
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