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lymphoblast |
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| Definitions |
An immature lymphocyte that has enlarged in response to antigenic stimulation. Often referred to as a blast cell. Unlike other usages of the suffix -blast a lymphoblast is a further differentiation of a lymphocyte, T- or B-, occasioned by an antigenic stimulus. The lymphoblast usually develops by enlargement of a lymphocyte, active re-entry to the S phase of the cell cycle, mitogenesis and production of much m-RNA and ribosomes. |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000572 |
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lymphoblast |
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| NCI_Thesaurus_definition_citation |
NCIt:C13013 |
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efo:EFO_0000572 |
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| prefLabel |
lymphoblast |
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| SNOMEDCT_definition_citation |
SNOMEDCT:15433008 |
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| term editor |
James Malone |
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| textual definition |
An immature lymphocyte that has enlarged in response to antigenic stimulation. Often referred to as a blast cell. Unlike other usages of the suffix -blast a lymphoblast is a further differentiation of a lymphocyte, T- or B-, occasioned by an antigenic stimulus. The lymphoblast usually develops by enlargement of a lymphocyte, active re-entry to the S phase of the cell cycle, mitogenesis and production of much m-RNA and ribosomes. |
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