CELL-LIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cell-like mean? 

• CELL-LIKE (adjective)
  The adjective CELL-LIKE has 1 sense:

1. resembling a cell

  Familiarity information: CELL-LIKE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELL-LIKE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a cell

Similar:

cellular (characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization))

 Context examples 

The pDCs are derived from a distinct subset of dendritic cells (DCs) with a plasma cell-like morphology and express a characteristic set of surface markers and may increase the anti-tumor immune responses.

(MART-1/gp100/Tyrosinase/MAGE-A3 Peptides-loaded Irradiated Allogeneic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

A whole cell vaccine derived from a distinct subset of dendritic cells (DCs) with a plasma cell-like morphology that exhibits immunomodulating activity.

(Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike the conventional paragangliomas, this tumor has a peculiar morphologic appearance; it consists of a mixture of epithelioid neuroendocrine cells, Schwann-like cells, and ganglion cell-like elements.

(Intestinal Gangliocytic Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A large cell-like structure formed by the joining together of two or more cells.

(Giant Cell, NCI Dictionary)

The cell-like structures — each about the size of Texas — are the signature of violent motions that transport heat from the inside of the sun to its surface.

(Newest solar telescope produces first images, National Science Foundation)

This means that, in the tumor, the stem-cell-like T cells have the ability to replicate themselves, but they aren’t able to mature into killer immune cells.

(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

However, when the stem-cell-like T cells are removed from the tumor, grown to large numbers in the lab, and then returned to the patient — as they are in a primary immunotherapy strategy called adoptive cell transfer — the stem-cell-like T cells can mature into killer cells that can attack the tumor.

(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)