Natural Killer Cells in Human Diseases: Friends or Foes?

• Автор: Vincent Vieillard (auth)
• Інші автори: Bree Foley (auth), Sandra Lopez-Verges (auth)
• Формат: Електронний ресурс Частина з книги
• Мова: Англійська
• Опубліковано: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Серія: Frontiers Research Topics
• Предмети: Medicine; natural killer cells; antimicrobial response; signaling pathways; uterine natural killer cells; inflammation; antitumor response; transplantation; antiviral response; innate immune system
• Онлайн доступ: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

NK cells are lymphocytes of the innate immune system that share some features with adaptive immune cells like T cells. They are well known for their importance to control viral infections and tumor development, but also intracellular bacterial and parasitic infections. A balance between negative and...