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• NK cell

Naturally occurring, large, granular, lymphocyte-like killer cells that kill various tumor cells; they may play a role in resistance to tumors. Also, they participate in ADCC. They do not exhibit antigenic specificity, and their number does not increase by immunization.



• Null cells

An early population of lymphocytes bearing neither T-cell nor B-cell differentiation antigens.