Natural Killer Cells in Human Diseases: Friends or Foes?

• Main Author: Vincent Vieillard (auth)
• Other Authors: Bree Foley (auth), Sandra Lopez-Verges (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; natural killer cells; antimicrobial response; signaling pathways; uterine natural killer cells; inflammation; antitumor response; transplantation; antiviral response; innate immune system
• Online Access: 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...