CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF HAPLOIDENTICAL HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF HIGH RISK LEUKEMIAS.

Natural Killer (NK) cells are involved in innate immune responses and play a major role in tumor surveillance and in defence against viruses. Human NK cells recognize HLA-class I molecules via surface receptors (KIR and NKG2A) delivering signals that inhibit NK cell function and kill HLA-class I-def...

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Main Authors: FRANCO eLOCATELLI, DANIELA ePENDE, MARIA CRISTINA MINGARI, ALICE eBERTAINA, MICHELA eFALCO, ALESSANDRO eMORETTA, LORENZO eMORETTA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00015/full