cell-med·i·at·ed immune response

(sĕl′mē′dē-ā′tĭd)

The immune response produced when sensitized T cells directly attack foreign antigens and secrete lymphokines that initiate the body's humoral immune response. Also called cellular immune response.

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cell-mediated immune response - an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells

immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response - a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen

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