Tissue-Resident NK Cells: Development, Maturation, and Clinical Relevance

Natural killer (NK) cells belong to type 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1) and are essential in killing infected or transformed cells. NK cells mediate their effector functions using non-clonotypic germ-line-encoded activation receptors. The utilization of non-polymorphic and conserved activating recep...

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Main Authors: Elaheh Hashemi, Subramaniam Malarkannan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/6/1553