T cell differentiation

I. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Protein name
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Classification
1LEP-LEPRLEP_HUMAN - LEPR_HUMANLigand-Receptor

II. Literature review

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NameT cell differentiation
IDGO_0030217
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Biological process

Alternative ID

GO:0042112, GO:0046652

Exact synonym

T lymphocyte differentiation, T-cell differentiation, T-lymphocyte differentiation

Description

The process in which a precursor cell type acquires characteristics of a more mature T-cell. A T cell is a type of lymphocyte whose definin characteristic is the expression of a T cell receptor complex.

Related synonym

T cell development

Comment

Note that the term 'thymocyte differentiation' was merged into this term because thymocytes are T cells, and thus the term was essentially redundant. Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.

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