Natural killer cells, also known as NK cells or large granular lymphocytes (LGL), are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte critical to the innate immune system...

major types of lymphocyte are T cells, B cells and natural killer (NK) cells. Lymphocytes can be identified by their large nucleus. T cells (thymus cells)...

in the rejection. B-lymphocytes, NK cells and cytokines also play a role in it. Cellular rejection – CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes, NK cells Humoral rejection...

granular lymphocytes (LGLs) in the peripheral blood. It is divided in two main categories: T-cell LGL leukemia (T-LGLL) and natural-killer (NK)-cell LGL...

differentiation as well as lymphocyte retention in lymphoid organs. The activation of T lymphocytes and Natural Killer (NK) cells, both in vivo and in...

B cells, also known as B lymphocytes, are a type of white blood cell of the lymphocyte subtype. They function in the humoral immunity component of the...

due to the malignant transformation of either one of two types of lymphocytes, NK cells or a T cell variant termed cytotoxic T cells, that are infected...

granules are why NK cells have an alternate name- Large Granular Lymphocytes (LGLs).[citation needed] NK cells are the only lymphocytes considered part...

the adaptive immune response. T cells can be distinguished from other lymphocytes by the presence of a T-cell receptor (TCR) on their cell surface. T cells...

system.[citation needed] In NK lymphocytopenia, there are too few natural killer cells, but normal numbers of other lymphocytes. This is very rare.[citation...