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SUBMITTER: Bald T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8406687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bald Tobias T Krummel Matthew F MF Smyth Mark J MJ Barry Kevin C KC
Nature immunology 20200720 8
Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the innate immune system and contribute to protecting the host through killing of infected, foreign, stressed or transformed cells. Additionally, via cellular cross-talk, NK cells orchestrate antitumor immune responses. Hence, significant efforts have been undertaken to exploit the therapeutic properties of NK cells in cancer. Current strategies in preclinical and clinical development include adoptive transfer therapies, direct stimulation, recruitment of NK c ...[more]