Null cell

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A null cell is a large granular lymphocytes without surface markers or membrane-associated proteins from B lymphocytes or T lymphocytes.^[1] Natural killer cells are usually null cells.

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• MeSH Null+cells

v • d • e Blood General Plasma - Hematopoietic stem cells Lymphoid - WBC T cells: Cytotoxic CD8+, Helper CD4+/Regulatory, γδ, Natural Killer T cell B cells: Plasma, Memory Natural killer cells (Lymphokine-activated killer cell) Null cell Myeloid - WBC Monocytes/Macrophages (Histiocytes, Kupffer cells, Langhans giant cells, Microglia, Osteoclasts) Granulocytes (Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil) - Mast cell precursors Dendritic cells (Langerhans cells, Follicular dendritic cells Megakaryoblast - Megakaryocyte - Platelets Myeloid - RBC Reticulocyte - Normoblast