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  2. NK-92 - Wikipedia

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    The NK-92 cell line is an immortalised cell line that has the characteristics of a type of immune cell found in human blood callednatural killer’ (NK) cells. Blood NK cells and NK-92 cells recognize and attack cancer cells as well as cells that have been infected with a virus, bacteria, or fungus. [1]

  3. Natural killer cell - Wikipedia

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    Natural killer cells, also known as NK cells, are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte critical to the innate immune system. They are a kind of large granular lymphocytes [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (LGL), and belong to the rapidly expanding family of known innate lymphoid cells (ILC) and represent 5–20% of all circulating lymphocytes in humans. [ 3 ]

  4. Nociception - Wikipedia

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    In nociception, intense chemical (e.g., capsaicin present in chili pepper or cayenne pepper), mechanical (e.g., cutting, crushing), or thermal (heat and cold) stimulation of sensory neurons called nociceptors produces a signal that travels along a chain of nerve fibers via the spinal cord to the brain. [1]

  5. Innate immune system - Wikipedia

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    This term describes cells with abnormally low levels of a cell-surface marker called MHC I (major histocompatibility complex) - a situation that can arise in viral infections of host cells. [10] They were named "natural killer" because of the initial notion that they do not require activation in order to kill cells that are "missing self".

  6. Necrosis - Wikipedia

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    Necrosis can be activated by components of the immune system, such as the complement system; bacterial toxins; activated natural killer cells; and peritoneal macrophages. [1] Pathogen-induced necrosis programs in cells with immunological barriers (intestinal mucosa) may alleviate invasion of pathogens through surfaces affected by inflammation. [1]

  7. Somatosensory system - Wikipedia

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    The somatosensory cortex encodes incoming sensory information from receptors all over the body. Affective touch is a type of sensory information that elicits an emotional reaction and is usually social in nature, such as a physical human touch. This type of information is actually coded differently than other sensory information.

  8. Cadaver - Wikipedia

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    Corpses of Parisian Communards. A cadaver, often known as a corpse, is a dead human body.Cadavers are used by medical students, physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being.

  9. Killer activation receptor - Wikipedia

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    Based on their structure there are three different groups of KARS. The first group of receptors is called Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors (NCR), which only includes activation receptors. The two other classes are: Natural Killer Group 2 , which includes activation and inhibition receptors, and some KIRs which do not have an inhibitor role. [7]