Natural killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells that show strong cytolytic function against
physiologically stressed cells such as tumor cells and virus-infected cells. NK cells show a …

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Natural killer (NK) cells are potent immune effector cells that can respond to infection and
cancer, as well as allowing maternal adaptation to pregnancy. In response to malignant …

At sites of vascular injury, platelets come into contact with subendothelial collagen, which
triggers their activation and the formation of a hemostatic plug. Besides glycoprotein Ib …

Human natural killer (NK) cells express several killer cell immunoglobulin (Ig)-like receptors
(KIRs) that inhibit their cytotoxicity upon recognition of human histocompatibility leukocyte …

▪ Abstract Major histocompatibility complex class I-specific inhibitory receptors on natural
killer cells prevent the lysis of healthy autologous cells. The outcome of this negative signal …

Natural killer cells and cancer Page 138 Natural Killer Cells and Cancer Jun Wu1 and Lewis L.
Lanier2 1Shanghai China and Genomics, 2 Department Inc., of and Microbiology Chinese …

There has been marked progress in our understanding of the role of natural killer (NK) cells
in immune responses, mainly due to the identification of NK-cell receptors and their ligands …

Natural killer (NK) cells contribute to a variety of innate immune responses to viruses, tumors
and allogeneic cells. However, our understanding of NK cell biology is severely limited by …

Interferons (IFN) s are involved in numerous immune interactions during viral infections and
contribute to both induction and regulation of innate and adaptive antiviral mechanisms …