Natural Killer Cells
Subtitle: Basic Science and Clinical Application
Contributors: Thomson, Angus W.; ScienceDirect (Online service)
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780080919294
Description: The Natural Killer [NK] Cell plays a critical role in regulating the innate and adaptive immune response to pathogens, injury and stress. Although originally portrayed as primarily a lytic cell, the NK cell has emerged as a cell capable of helper function, expansion, contraction, and accelerated memory responses - features similar to other adaptive immune cells. It is a professional accelerator of immunity, mediating dendritic cell maturation and its precursors critical for the origin and development of secondary lymph node structures. NK cells also play an essential role in mammalian placenta.
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Table of contents: title: Front cover; Natural killer cells: Basic Science and Clinical Application; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; PART I: NK biology; PART II: NK interactions with other cells; PART III: NK cells in the tissues; PART IV: NK cells in disease; PART V: Special topics in NK biology; Subject index; Colour plates section;