Human natural killer cells: their origin
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Lorenzo Moretta; Cristina Bottino; Daniela Pende; MariaβCristina Mingari; Robert
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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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