Article
Re-examining the origin and function of liver-resident NK cells.
Trends in immunology - 1 May 2015
Peng Hui, Tian Zhigang
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have identified a population of liver-resident innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) that, based on the expression of certain phenotypic markers, were termed 'liver-resident NK cells' and considered to be a new subset of conventional natural killer (cNK) cells. However, different transcriptional networks control the development of liver-resident NK cells and cNK cells and, furthermore, these cells exhibit...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Liver
- Phenotype
- Transcription Factors
