Article
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors determining natural killer cell fate: Phenotype and function.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Sept 2023
Zhi Lingtong, Wang Xing, Gao Qing, He Wenhui, Shang Chongye, Guo Changjiang, Niu Zhiyuan, Zhu Wuling, Zhang Xuan
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells are derived from hematopoietic stem cells. They belong to the innate lymphoid cell family, which is an important part of innate immunity. This family plays a role in the body mainly through the release of perforin, granzyme, and various cytokines and is involved in cytotoxicity and cytokine-mediated immune regulation. NK cells involved in normal immune regulation and the tumor...
Topics
- Immunity, Innate
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Cytokines
- Phenotype
- Cell Differentiation
