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are bystander
noun
A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator.
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It has been unclear whether these Treg responses are antigen-specific or rely on inherent cross reactivity, or are bystander activations with self-antigen.
Although, one report indicated that sorted macrophages and Tip-DCs both carry similar high bacterial burdens the general view is that Tip-DCs during L. monocytogenes infection are bystander cells and only a minor part of them are actually infected [2], [16], [27].
Nevertheless, it is widely accepted that the major portion of these mutations are "bystander" mutations that do not directly contribute to tumorigenesis.
However, most of the microsatellite mutations observed in MMR-deficient cells are bystander events that do not play a causal role in carcinogenesis.
Similar(56)
There are bystanders everywhere.
"We" are bystanders.
Most shooting victims in my city are bystanders.
They were bystanders.
But by that time we were bystanders.
Several of the victims were bystanders.
Three were bystanders and three were from my team.
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