Acupuncture may stimulate anticancer immunity via activation of natural killer cells

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Johnston, Michael Francis ^a   Ortiz SÃnchez, Elizabeth ^b   Vujanovic, Nikola L ^c   Li, Wenhui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; STOMACH;

EID: 79955097313     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep236     Document Type: Review

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