CD4

English

Etymology

Initialism of cluster of differentiation type 4.

Noun

CD4 (countable and uncountable, plural CD4s)

1. (countable, uncountable, immunology) A glycoprotein found on the surface of helper T cells and several other types of immune cells.
2. (countable, immunology) A CD4+ helper T cell.
   • 1996 September, Louise Rice, “New Knowledges, New Treatments, New Hope”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

     In short, while CD4 counts can tell you where you are now, the viral load tells you where you are going.

Hypernyms

• receptor

Coordinate terms

• CCR5
• CXCR4

Derived terms

• CD4+