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Genetics of Natural Killer Cells in Human Health, Disease, and Survival.

Annual review of immunology - 26 Apr 2018

Parham Peter, Guethlein Lisbeth A

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Natural killer (NK) cells have vital functions in human immunity and reproduction. In the innate and adaptive immune responses to infection, particularly by viruses, NK cells respond by secreting inflammatory cytokines and killing infected cells. In reproduction, NK cells are critical for genesis of the placenta, the organ that controls the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the growing fetus. Controlling NK cell...

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PMID: 29394121
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-042617-053149

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