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cytotoxic t-lymphocyte (medicine)


cytotoxic t-lymphocyte


A type of CD8 or, less often, CD4 lymphocyte that kills diseased cells infected by a specific virus or other intracellular microbe. CTLs interact with MHC class I receptors (see Major Histocompatibility Complex). On infected cells and have the prime role in cellmediated immunity (see). Cytovene:

See: Ganciclovir.