Manufacturing natural killer cells as medicinal products

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Chabannon, Christian ^a,b   Mfarrej, Bechara ^a,b   Guia, Sophie ^c   Ugolini, Sophie ^c   Devillier, Raynier ^b   Blaise, Didier ^b   Vivier, Eric ^a,c   Calmels, Boris ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

Cell transplant; Cellular therapy; Immuno oncology; Immunotherapy; Innate lymphoid cells; Manufacturing; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOGENETICS AND SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 85006116285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00504     Document Type: Article

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