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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
absent NK cells  
absence of lymphocytes that can spontaneously kill a variety of target cells without prior antigenic activation via germline encoded activation receptors, and also regulate immune responses via cytokine release and direct contact with other cells
decreased immature NK cell number +   
decreased KLRG1-positive NK cell number  
decreased mature NK cell number +   
decreased memory-marker NK cell number  
decreased uterine NK cell number +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: absence of natural killer cells ;   absent natural killer cells
Xrefs: CL:0000623 ;   FMA:63147 ;   FMA:83601
Definition Sources: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-0324, ISBN:0781735149, PMID:15771571

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