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lymphocyte
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Lymphocyte
A
lymphocyte
is one of the subtypes of
white blood cell
in a
vertebrate
's
immune system
. They include
natural killer cells
(NK cells) (which function in
cell-mediated
,
cytotoxic
innate immunity
),
T cells
(for
cell-mediated
, cytotoxic
adaptive immunity
), and
B cells
(for
humoral
,
antibody
-driven
adaptive immunity
). They are the main type of cell found in
lymph
, which prompted the name
lymphocyte
.
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