English Explanatory Dictionary

CD40

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a costimulatory protein found on antigen presenting cells and required for their activation by CD154 of T_H cells, with deficiency of CD40 possibly leading to hyper-IgM syndrome type 3.

Word forms

CD40

Etymology

from cluster of differentiation

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