Giant cell

Introduction: Giant cell

Description of Giant cell

Giant cell: a cell of large size, often with many nuclei.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Giant cell: Multinucleated masses produced by the fusion of many cells; often associated with viral infections. In AIDS, they are induced when the envelope glycoprotein of the HIV virus binds to the CD4 antigen of uninfected neighboring T4 cells. The resulting syncytium leads to cell death and thus may account for the cytopathic effect of the virus.
Source: MeSH 2007

Giant cell: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Giant cell:

• Cell

Terms associated with Giant cell:

Terms Similar to Giant cell:

• Giant Cells, Multinucleated
• Multinucleated Giant Cells
• Polykaryocytes
• Syncytium

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Giant cell:

• Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
• Giant Cells, Langhans

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Giant cell

The following list attempts to classify Giant cell into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cells
  • Giant Cells

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