The term of "natural killer" (NK) cells was originally assigned on a merely functional basis to lymphoid cells capable of lysing certain tumors in the absence of prior stimulation. However, both their origin and the molecular mechanism(s) involved in their function remained a mystery for many years
Natural killer cell receptors and their ligands in liver diseases
β Scribed by Satoshi Yamagiwa; Hiroteru Kamimura; Takafumi Ichida
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 564 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0918-4287
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