Natural killer cells express a repertoire of ... that could play a substantial role during CMV and hantavirus infections, an important function mediated by activating KIRs is suggested only ...

† 2DL2 and 2DL3 also react weakly with HLA-C Lys80 (C2 epitope) and a few HLA-B alleles bearing the C1 epitope (e.g., HLA-B*4601 and HLA-B*7301) [118–120]. HCMV: Human cytomegalovirus; HCV ...

Severe infection with Covid-19 has been found to produce a powerful cancer-fighting cell that can shrink tumors.

The activated NK cells then became long-lived and self-renewing months after infection. These “memory” NK cells were able to rapidly mount effector functions and undergo secondary expansion to provide ...

We are trying to learn more about how NK cells develop and how they function to determine the signals they require to mount these effective ... Through these studies, we’ve confirmed that mice lacking ...

Natural killer (NK) cells are key innate immune lymphocytes, which play important roles against tumors. However, ...

The main populations of lymphocytes are B cells, T cells and natural killer (NK ... compromises immune function, which leaves older adults more vulnerable to infections and to a potentially ...

Investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are opening a new clinical trial to evaluate a novel type of immune cellular ...