The job of lymphocytes is to identify and combat foreign substances, bacteria and viruses in the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leukemia - Diagnosis and Treatment] Reference

To save the culture, with the hope of preserving the virus, we decided to add lymphocytes from a blood donor to the cell culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Françoise Barré-Sinoussi - Autobiography] Reference

It is mostly localised in lymphocytes of lymphatic tissues and yet, we found that most of the lymphocytes present in the blood are sick!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luc Montagnier - Autobiography] Reference

The researchers found the virus killed immune cells called lymphocytes from both diseased and healthy donors.    From Wordnik.com.  [AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)] Reference

Two of its primary functions are to maintain fluid balance and produce cells called lymphocytes, which fight infection.    From Wordnik.com.  [CancerConsultants] Reference

But it all depends on the work of specialized cells called lymphocytes that have made a risky evolutionary gambit to mutate their own DNA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

The treatment takes a patient's white blood cells, called lymphocytes, amplifies their number and activity, and gives them back, Rosenberg said.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

When the drug is given, it appears to suppress the immune system by reducing white blood cells called lymphocytes, which are crucial for the body to fight infections.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

They have found that when these cells, known as lymphocytes, make an inflammatory protein called RANKL (RANK ligand), breast cancer is more likely to spread to the lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Gilenya blocks white blood cells called lymphocytes from circulating in the body, preventing them from reaching and doing damage to the brain, spinal cord and optical nerves.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference

Immune cells called lymphocytes that circulate in the blood are super-sensitive to radiation, so it was there Chute began the hunt for genes that switch on and off in response.    From Wordnik.com.  [phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed] Reference

Lots of mention of fibroplasia, lymphocytes and melanophages.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

One of two main types of immune system lymphocytes (compare T-cell).    From Wordnik.com.  [B-cell] Reference

ALL affects the immature forms of white blood cells called lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leukemia - Diagnosis and Treatment] Reference

"His white count was up slightly but only his mononuclear lymphocytes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Invasion]

Nigel dimly felt fluids slosh within him, seeking lymphocytes gone awry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across The Sea Of Suns]

These vaccines aim to produce cytotoxic T-lymphocytes that will kill HIV-infected cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [AIDS: The Elusive Vaccine] Reference

The virus attacks the immune system by infecting and then destroying the T4 lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13] Reference

Those sites are actually just factories for the production of white cells, lymphocytes, or T cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [T.S. Wiley: Can Sleep Loss Destroy Your Immune System?] Reference

As in team sports, the immune response has its role players and its stars, and T lymphocytes are stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaccinating Against Cancer] Reference

"I'll show you two the process used to select B lymphocytes from emulsified mouse spleen," Harlan said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Invasion]

Yet, like an AIDS patient, she has virtually lost a vital class of immune cells known as CD4 lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aids Or Chronic Fatigue?] Reference

In ALL, the bone marrow makes too many immature lymphocytes (called lymphoblasts) that do not mature correctly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leukemia - Diagnosis and Treatment] Reference

In the late 1980s, Prof. Blalock conceived a vaccine that attacks the lymphocytes that produce auto-antibodies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desperate for a Treatment, One Physician Heals Himself] Reference

The mouse model showed cancer resistance can be tranferred by transfusing white blood cells called T lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spontaneous Remission Cancer Breakthrough] Reference

Others suspect that HIV simply kills lymphocytes at a slightly faster clip than the immune system can replace them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hiv's Raw Aggression] Reference

They are usually assisted in their task by CD4+ lymphocytes, which are, appropriately, also known as T-helper cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [AIDS: The Elusive Vaccine] Reference

Researchers have long suspected that immune cells known as CD8 lymphocytes secrete something that can immobilize HIV.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Body's Own Aids Rx?] Reference

If the random changes made the animal-protein template resemble human protein, the lymphocytes could become confused.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across The Sea Of Suns]

Other researchers tried injections of blood serums and pig lymphocytes, and other experimental therapies, without success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaccinating Against Cancer] Reference

All the new viruses then abandon the dying cell, create their own protein capsules and seek and invade new host lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The agents of this complex enterprise of surveillance are, once again, the lymphocytes -- specifically, cytolytic T lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaccinating Against Cancer] Reference

Burnet's theory proposed that the animal, during prenatal development, exercised a purging function of self-reactive lymphocytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impulse of Breathing] Reference

Long after the battle, the lymphocytes carried the template of this intruder, to recognize and kill on sight any returning enemy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across The Sea Of Suns]

The white blood cells, or lymphocytes, collectively make up the body's immune system because they fight invading virus and bacteria.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

To combat this, the body tried to develop so-called suppressor lymphocytes, which could control the killers and stop them from multiplying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across The Sea Of Suns]