A team effort: natural killer cells on the first leg of the tumor immunity relay race

Recent work by Böttcher and colleagues defines a new role for Natural Killer cells in the anti-tumor immune response, arriving early into the tumor microenvironment before passing the baton to DC1 dendritic cells. DC1 dendritic cells subsequently activate CD8+ T cells resulting in effective anti-tu...

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Main Authors: Fessenden, Timothy B (Author), Duong, Ellen (Contributor), Spranger-Zimmermann, Stefani (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biomed Central Ltd., 2018-07-23T18:09:35Z.
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