| Term Name: | naive thymus-derived CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell |
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| Synonyms: | naive CD8+ T cell, naive thymus-dervied CD8-positive, alpha-beta T lymphocyte, naive thymus-dervied CD8-positive, alpha-beta T-cell, naive thymus-dervied CD8-positive, alpha-beta T-lymphocyte, T.8Nve.Sp |
| Definition: | A CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell that has not experienced activation via antigen contact and has the phenotype CD45RA-positive, CCR7-positive and CD127-positive. This cell type is also described as being CD25-negative, CD62L-high and CD44-low. |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0000900] |