Natural killer cells, also known as NK cells, are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte critical to the innate immune system. They are a kind of large granular...
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a heterogeneous group of T cells that share properties of both T cells and natural killer cells. Many of these cells...
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Uterine natural killer cells make up approximately 70% of maternal lymphocytes during pregnancy, occupying both the decidua basalis of the endometrium...
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Lymphocyte (redirect from Lymphoid Cell)
innate lymphoid cells (ILCs; "innate T cell-like" cells involved in mucosal immunity and homeostasis), of which natural killer cells are an important...
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these cells: CD4+ TH1 cells CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (Tc1) T-Bet+ interferon gamma producing group 1 ILCs(ILC1 and Natural killer cells) CD4+ TH1 Cells It...
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proliferation of non-malignant NK cells in the GI tract viz., Natural killer cell enteropathy, a disease wherein NK cell infiltrative lesions occur in the...
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which synthesize gastric inhibitory polypeptide Natural killer cell Koniocellular cell Knudsen cell The unit cube of dimension k Kcell, a Kazakhstani...
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Innate immune system (redirect from Cell-free immunity)
stem cells present in bone marrow. The innate leukocytes include: natural killer cells, mast cells, eosinophils, basophils; and the phagocytic cells include...
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Immunotherapy (redirect from Cell-based immunotherapy)
Cell-based immunotherapies are effective for some cancers. Immune effector cells such as lymphocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer cells...
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Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), are a family of type I transmembrane glycoproteins expressed on the plasma membrane of natural killer...
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Natural killer cell enteropathy, also termed NK cell enteropathy (NKCE), and a closely related disorder, lymphomatoid gastropathy (LG), are non-malignant...
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Killer Activation Receptors (KARs) are receptors expressed on the plasma membrane (cell membrane) of Natural Killer cells (NK cells). KARs work together...
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Aggressive NK-cell leukemia is a disease with an aggressive, systemic proliferation of natural killer cells (NK cells) and a rapidly declining clinical...
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Cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) cells are a group of immune effector cells featuring a mixed T- and natural killer (NK) cell-like phenotype. They...
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can be further classified as T cells, B cells, and natural killer cells. Neutrophils are the most abundant white blood cell, constituting 60–70% of the circulating...
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In cell biology, a lymphokine-activated killer cell (also known as a LAK cell) is a white blood cell, consisting mostly of natural killer, natural killer...
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An adaptive natural killer (NK) cell or memory-like NK cell is a specialized natural killer cell that has the potential to form immunological memory. They...
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studies is a decreased function of natural killer cells, a type of immune cell that targets virus-infected and tumour cells. They are also more likely to have...
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been proposed that Kurloff cells mainly involve in the function of the immune system, such as acting as a natural killer cell and preventing damage to the...
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the CD94/NKG2 receptors on natural killer cells. The Qa-1b-peptide complex signals natural killer cells not to engage in cell lysis. Despite its homology...
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surface activating NK cell receptors with specificity for stress induced ligands overexpressed on tumor cells. See the Natural killer cell page for further...
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"N-linked carbohydrate on human leukocyte antigen-C and recognition by natural killer cell inhibitory receptors". Hum. Immunol. 61 (12): 1202–18. doi:10...
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to natural killer cells, both population and activity increased as a result of inosine pranobex therapy. It has also been proven that other cells of the...
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Immunological synapse (section NK-cell synapse)
interface between an antigen-presenting cell or target cell and a lymphocyte such as a T cell, B cell, or natural killer cell. The interface was originally named...
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Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American romantic crime action film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey...
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PMC 5584004. PMID 28870212. Wu L, Van Kaer L (January 2011). "Natural killer T cells in health and disease". Frontiers in Bioscience. 3 (1): 236–251...
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NKG2D (section Role in senescent cell removal)
NKG2 family of C-type lectin-like receptors. NKG2D is encoded by KLRK1 (killer cell lectin like receptor K1) gene which is located in the NK-gene complex...
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Lymphoma (redirect from B-cell lymphomas)
Mature T cell and natural killer (NK) cell neoplasms T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia Aggressive NK cell leukemia...
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Subunit beta of interleukin 12 (also known as IL-12B, natural killer cell stimulatory factor 2, cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor p40, or interleukin-12...
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CD244 (redirect from Natural Killer cell receptor 2B4)
National Library of Medicine. "Entrez Gene: CD244 CD244 molecule, natural killer cell receptor 2B4". Pahima H, Puzzovio PG, Levi-Schaffer F (July 2019)...
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