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NK cells after transplantation: friend or foe.
Immunologic research - 1 May 2014
Hadad Uzi, Martinez Olivia, Krams Sheri M
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells are effector cells of the innate immune system that can lyse target cells without prior sensitization and have an important role in host defense to pathogens and transformed cells. A balance between negative and positive signals transmitted via germ line-encoded inhibitory and activating receptors controls the function of NK cells. Although the concept of "missing-self" would suggest...
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