NAIVE T-CELL


Meaning of NAIVE T-CELL in English

a subset of CD4 and CD8 cells that proliferate rapidly when exposed to new antigens. Naive cells are "uncommitted" and respond to general antigenic stimulation (i.e., not only to a specific antigen). A naive T-cell is not yet "programmed" to stimulate either a cell-mediated (TH1) or a humoral (TH2) response.

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