A third type of lymphocyte, known as a natural killer or NK cell, comes from the same place as B and T cells. NK cells respond quickly to several foreign substances and are specialized in killing ...

In humans, several studies have shown that γδ T cells are an important component of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in patients with different types of cancer, and a recent analysis of ...

The main populations of lymphocytes are B cells, T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. They are typically (although not exclusively) associated with adaptive immune responses. Populations of ...