CD4

English

Etymology

Initialism of cluster of differentiation type 4.

Noun

CD4 (countable and uncountable, plural CD4s)

  1. (immunology) A glycoprotein found on the surface of helper T cells; in humans, it enables the HIV virus to enter a cell

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