Synergy between common gamma chain family cytokines and IL-18 potentiates innate and adaptive pathways of NK cell activation

Studies to develop cell-based therapies for cancer and other diseases have consistently shown that purified human natural killer (NK) cells secrete cytokines and kill target cells after in vitro culture with high concentrations of cytokines. However, these assays poorly reflect the conditions that a...

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Main Authors: Carolyn M Nielsen, Asia-Sophia eWolf, Martin R Goodier, Eleanor eRiley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00101/full