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MeSH Heading: Immunologic Surveillance
Tree Number(s): G12.450.050.400.412; G12.525
Unique ID: D007157
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007157
Annotation: a function of T-lymphocytes: nothing to do with epidemiol surveillance
Scope Note: The theory that T-cells monitor cell surfaces and detect structural changes in the plasma membrane and/or surface antigens of virally or neoplastically transformed cells.
Entry Version: IMMUNOL SURVEILLANCE
Entry Term(s): Immunological Surveillance; Surveillance, Immunologic
NLM Classification #: QW 568
Previous Indexing: specific cell, organ, neoplasm/TR
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under IMMUNITY, CELLULAR 1980-90
History Note: 91(80); was see under IMMUNITY, CELLULAR 1980-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/05/23
Revision Date: 2016/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

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