How do you use Perforin in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Perforin in a sentence
Perforin meaning
A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.
Using Perforin
- The main meaning on this page is: A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.
Context around Perforin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perforin
- In this selection, "perforin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include perforin a pore and release of perforin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perforin" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perforin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
NK cells kill tumors, or virus-infected cells, through the release of perforin. (13 words)
Perforin, a pore-making monomeric granule released from natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes, kills target cells by forming polymers and tubular structures not unlike the membrane attack complex of the complement system. (34 words)
Perforin, a pore-making monomeric granule released from natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes, kills target cells by forming polymers and tubular structures not unlike the membrane attack complex of the complement system. (34 words)
NK cells kill tumors, or virus-infected cells, through the release of perforin. (13 words)
Example sentences (2)
NK cells kill tumors, or virus-infected cells, through the release of perforin.
Perforin, a pore-making monomeric granule released from natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes, kills target cells by forming polymers and tubular structures not unlike the membrane attack complex of the complement system.