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T helper cell
(redirected from Helper T-cell)

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T helper cell
see helper lymphocyte.


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By slowly depleting helper T-cells and making killer T-cells less effective, infections are able to slowly overwhelm the body.
Antigen Express scientists have pioneered strategies for enhancing helper T-cell responses to DNA vaccines by controlling the function of the immunoregulatory Ii-protein.
Azocarbonamide "blunted their response to polyclonal T-cell activation," inhibiting both helper T-cells, the type of cells attacked by HIV, and killer T-cells, the team wrote.
 
 
 
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