Development and maturation of natural killer cells

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-89

  Geiger, Theresa L ^a,b   Sun, Joseph C ^a,b,c  

^a Louis V Gerstner Jr Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84956637339     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: 18790372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2016.01.007     Document Type: Review

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