Natural killer cell lines in tumor immunotherapy

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-66

  Cheng, Min ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Jiang, Wen ^b   Chen, Yongyan ^a   Tian, Zhigang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic modification; Natural killer cell; Natural killer cell line; Tumor immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL LINE; CYTOKINE INDUCED KILLER CELL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CELL LINE; CYTOKINE-INDUCED KILLER CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN;

EID: 84864879299     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-012-0177-7     Document Type: Review

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