Investigating the role of two activating receptors, NKG2D and NKp46, in natural killer cell education and in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma linked to chronic inflammation
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes capable of identifying infected and tumourigenic cells and eliciting a cytokine and/or cytotoxic response. NK cells contain multiple activating and inhibitory receptors that bind to ligands expressed on other cells, and responses to abnormal cells are...
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Imperial College London
2013
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.754634 |