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Natural killer cell education and tolerance.
Orr, Mark T; Lanier, Lewis L.
Afiliação
  • Orr MT; Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Cell ; 142(6): 847-56, 2010 Sep 17.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20850008
ABSTRACT
Natural killer (NK) cells play a key role in the immune response to certain infections and malignancies by direct cytolysis of infected or transformed cells and by secretion of potent immune mediators. NK cells express an array of activating receptors that recognize self-molecules. If not restrained by inhibitory receptors recognizing major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins on the surface of self cells, NK cells are able to kill normal, healthy cells. Not all NK cells express inhibitory receptors for self-MHC class I; thus, other tolerance mechanisms are necessary to prevent NK cell-mediated autoimmunity. Here we review the major mechanisms of NK cell education and tolerance.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Células Matadoras Naturais / Tolerância Imunológica Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Cell Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Células Matadoras Naturais / Tolerância Imunológica Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Cell Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos