Tissue-resident natural killer (NK) cells are cell lineages distinct from thymic and conventional splenic NK cells
Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the innate immune system; they can control virus infections and developing tumors by cytotoxicity and producing inflammatory cytokines. Most studies of mouse NK cells, however, have focused on conventional NK (cNK) cells in the spleen. Recently, we described two p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2014-04-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/01659 |