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SUBMITTER: Habif G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6474204 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cellular & molecular immunology 20190325 5
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphoid cells endowed with cytolytic activity and a capacity to secrete cytokines and chemokines. Several lines of evidence suggest that NK cells play an important role in anti-tumor immunity. Some therapies against hematological malignacies make use of the immune properties of NK cells, such as their ability to kill residual leukemic blasts efficiently after conditioning during haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, knowledge on NK ...[more]