natural killer (NK) cell
Autologous Natural Killer Cell/Natural Killer T Cell Immunotherapy of Malignant Diseases
... NK cell activation, is prognostic of increased survival in breast cancer ...[17]. Natural killer cell number and/or function have been identified as independent prognostic factors in many ...
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Medullasin enhances human natural killer cell activity
... of natural killer cell activity by ...the natural killer cell activity of lymphocytes stimulated with ...human natural killer cell activity is regulated ...
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Induction of Natural Killer Cell Responses by Ectromelia Virus Controls Infection
... Natural killer (NK) cells play a pivotal role in the innate immune response to viral infections, particularly murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) and human ...NK cell cytotoxicity and/or gamma interferon ...
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Inhibition of Human Natural Killer Cell Activity by Influenza Virions and Hemagglutinin
... Influenza is an acute respiratory virus infection that contin- ues to pose seasonal, zoonotic, and pandemic threats to human health (50). As the illness and virus transmission usually occur in the first few days of ...
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<p>Clinical utility of a novel natural killer cell activity assay for diagnosing non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective pilot study</p>
... Promoca™, a patented recombinant protein that can activate NK cells in whole blood. Following incubation, cell-free supernatants were harvested, transferred into 1.5 mL conical tubes, and centrifuged at 13,000 rpm ...
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Role and Regulation of Myosin IIA in Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity
... Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes of the innate immune system that provide critical defense against viral infections and ...NK cell activation takes place in a series of steps, beginning with ...
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Determination of natural killer cell function by flow cytometry.
... NK cell activity be- cause of possible correlations between NK cell activity and disease outcome or progression (6, 10, 11, 13, ...NK cell activity that could be incorporated into the evaluation of ...
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Characterization of tumor infiltrating Natural Killer cell subset
... the cell membrane, were positive for VEGF, represented as a green fluorescence, which was essentially localized in the cell cytoplasm, in both colon and breast tumor tissues and as expected, also in ...
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Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: pathogenesis and clinical implications
... narrow killer-cell immunoglobulin-related receptor (KIR) profile that indicates a clonal-like expansion ...receptor natural killer group 2 member A (NKG2A), which binds to the human leukocyte ...
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Pathogenesis of murine cytomegalovirus infection in natural killer cell-depleted mice.
... 119 Downloaded from http://jvi.asm.org/ on November 10, 2019 by guest The effect of natural killer NK cells on the course of acute and persistent murine cytomegalovirus MCMV infection wa[r] ...
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PKM2 regulation of metabolism but not transcription is important for natural killer cell responses
... Natural Killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes that are crucial for defence against viruses and ...NK cell metabolism has evolved over recent years and has revealed that NK cell effector ...
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Aggressive mature natural killer cell neoplasms: from epidemiology todiagnosis
... NK cell neoplasms comprise a wide spectrum of entities, from cases with an indolent disease course (chronic NK-cell lymphocytosis) to cases with aggressive clinical behavior (NKTCL and ...NK- cell ...
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Natural Killer Cell Lymphoma in a Pediatric Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
... Tumor necrosis factor ␣ (TNF- ␣ ) antibody agents are an effective ther- apy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, because of the potential for immune suppression with these drugs, TNF- ␣ ...
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Cocaine increases natural killer cell activity
... The administration of epinephrine to humans increases natural killer (NK) cell activity and numbers. If endogenous catecholamines regulate NK cells, then their activity should be increased by ...
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Unraveling human natural killer cell deficiency
... NK cell–deficient individuals. However, NK cell deficiencies are rare, and more research is ...NK cell deficiency as mutation in the MCM4 gene, encoding minichromosome maintenance complex component ...
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The modulation of immunological activities in human NK cells by extracts of ginkgo
... in natural killer (NK) cell activity and surface markers in human NK cells and by analyzing for surface ...Methods Natural killer cell activity was determined in peripheral blood ...
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Natural Killer Cell Immunodeficiency in Siblings: Defective Killing in the Absence of Natural Killer Cytotoxic Factor Activity in Natural Killer and Lymphokine-Activated Killer Cytotoxicities
... Natural killer cells play important roles in the defense against tumor growth and viral infections.’ In the cytolytic event, natural killer cells first nec- ognize and bind to a target c[r] ...
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Lymphocyte, monocyte, and natural killer cell reference ranges in postpartal women.
... lymphocyte cell num- bers and immunoglobulin levels were elevated in the first 4 postpartal months, as evidenced by increases in the levels of immunoglobulin G and in the numbers of CD3 and CD56 lymphocytes over ...
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First case of primary intraocular natural killer t-cell lymphoma
... Case presentation: A 66 year-old woman without any systemic disease presented with blurred vision due to a severe vitreous opacity in the right eye. Flow cytometric analysis of the vitreous fluid suggested a ...
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The role of nonspecific cytotoxic cells and cytokine production in the pathogenesis of human intestinal diseases
... General Introduction 1.1 Characteristics of natural killer and killer cells 1 1.2 Killer cells and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity 6 1.3 The origin and differentiation of natura[r] ...
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