Natural killer cells and cancer: Regulation by the killer cell ig-like receptors (KIR)

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2209-2218

  Purdy, Amanda K ^a   Campbell, Kerry S ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer cytotoxicity; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Innate immunity; Killer cell lg like receptor (kir); MHC class I; Natural killer (nk) cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HERCEPTIN ANTIBODY; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL KILLING; CELL SURFACE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEOPLASM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 73949138990     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.8.23.10455     Document Type: Review

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