Natural killer cells in antiviral immunity

NK Björkström, B Strunz, HG Ljunggren - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in innate immune responses to viral infections.
Here, we review recent insights into the role of NK cells in viral infections, with particular …

The role of natural killer cells in autoimmune diseases

UC Kucuksezer, E Aktas Cetin, F Esen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells, the large granular lymphocytes differentiated from the common
lymphoid progenitors, were discovered in early 1970's. They are members of innate …

Sustained HIV remission after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with wild-type CCR5 donor cells

A Sáez-Cirión, AC Mamez, V Avettand-Fenoel… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
HIV cure has been reported for five individuals who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) with cells from CCR5Δ32 homozygous donors. By …

Balancing natural killer cell activation through paired receptors

L Martinet, MJ Smyth - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that are crucial for the control of infections
and malignancies. NK cells express a variety of inhibitory and activating receptors that …

[HTML][HTML] Natural killer cells: In health and disease

A Mandal, C Viswanathan - Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapy, 2015 - Elsevier
Natural killer (NK) cells constitute our bodies' frontline defense system, guarding against
tumors and launching attacks against infections. The activities of NK cells are regulated by …

Functions of natural killer cells

E Vivier, E Tomasello, M Baratin, T Walzer… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are effector lymphocytes of the innate immune system that control
several types of tumors and microbial infections by limiting their spread and subsequent …

Acute HIV-1 infection

MS Cohen, GM Shaw, AJ McMichael… - New England Journal …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
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byTE WHATU ORA HEALTH NEW ZEALAND COUNTIES MANUKAU The New England …

Natural killer cell specificity for viral infections

Q Hammer, T Rückert, C Romagnani - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that contribute to the early immune responses to
viruses. NK cells are innate immune cells that do not express rearranged antigen receptors …

Critical role for the chemokine receptor CXCR6 in NK cell–mediated antigen-specific memory of haptens and viruses

S Paust, HS Gill, BZ Wang, MP Flynn… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Hepatic natural killer (NK) cells mediate antigen-specific contact hypersensitivity (CHS) in
mice deficient in T cells and B cells. We report here that hepatic NK cells, but not splenic or …

Antigen-specific NK cell memory in rhesus macaques

RK Reeves, H Li, S Jost, E Blass, H Li, JL Schafer… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells have traditionally been considered nonspecific components of
innate immunity, but recent studies have shown features of antigen-specific memory in …