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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chabannon C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5108783 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in immunology 20161115
Natural Killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells (ILC) with cytotoxic and regulatory properties. Their functions are tightly regulated by an array of inhibitory and activating receptors, and their mechanisms of activation strongly differ from antigen recognition in the context of human leukocyte antigen presentation as needed for T-cell activation. NK cells thus offer unique opportunities for new and improved therapeutic manipulation, either <i>in vivo</i> or <i>in vitro</i>, in a variety of ...[more]