Splenocyte

A splenocyte can be any one of the different white blood cell types as long as it is situated in the spleen or purified from splenic tissue.

It sometimes explicitly refers to monocytes^[1] or macrophages.^[2]

Splenocytes consist of a variety of cell populations such as T and B lymphocytes, dendritic cells and macrophages, which have different immune functions.

References

1. "splenocyte" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
2. J. M. Lackie (2007). The dictionary of cell and molecular biology. Academic Press. pp. 396–. ISBN 978-0-12-373986-5. Retrieved 12 November 2010.