"Killer Cells, Natural" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bone marrow-derived lymphocytes that possess cytotoxic properties, classically directed against transformed and virus-infected cells. Unlike T CELLS; and B CELLS; NK CELLS are not antigen specific. The cytotoxicity of natural killer cells is determined by the collective signaling of an array of inhibitory and stimulatory CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS. A subset of T-LYMPHOCYTES referred to as NATURAL KILLER T CELLS shares some of the properties of this cell type.
| Descriptor ID |
D007694
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.118.637.555.567.537 A15.145.229.637.555.567.537 A15.382.490.555.567.537
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| Concept/Terms |
Killer Cells, Natural- Killer Cells, Natural
- NK Cells
- Cell, NK
- Cells, NK
- NK Cell
- Natural Killer Cells
- Cell, Natural Killer
- Cells, Natural Killer
- Killer Cell, Natural
- Natural Killer Cell
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Killer Cells, Natural" by people in Profiles.
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HIV-1 Elite Controllers Are Characterized by Elevated Levels of CD69-Expressing Natural Killer Cells. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Dec 15; 97(5):522-532.
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Comparative immune profiling of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression among South African patients. BMC Cancer. 2024 Jul 07; 24(1):809.
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Lack of association of KIR2DL1-R245 and KIR2DL1-C245 with HIV-1 control in black South Africans with HLA-C2. Hum Immunol. 2021 Aug; 82(8):600-607.
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Vaccine-Induced Antibodies Mediate Higher Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity After Interleukin-15 Pretreatment of Natural Killer Effector Cells. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:2741.
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Chronic HIV-1 Infection Alters the Cellular Distribution of Fc?RIIIa and the Functional Consequence of the Fc?RIIIa-F158V Variant. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:735.
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Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I genetic diversity in four South African populations. Hum Immunol. 2017 Jul - Aug; 78(7-8):503-509.
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Establishment of a heterotypic 3D culture system to evaluate the interaction of TREG lymphocytes and NK cells with breast cancer. J Immunol Methods. 2015 Nov; 426:1-13.
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Differences are evident within the CXCR4-CXCL12 axis between ethnically divergent South African populations. Cytokine. 2013 Mar; 61(3):792-800.
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A novel FCGR3A intragenic haplotype is associated with increased Fc?RIIIa/CD16a cell surface density and population differences. Hum Immunol. 2013 May; 74(5):627-34.
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CCR5 promoter haplotypes differentially influence CCR5 expression on natural killer and T cell subsets in ethnically divergent HIV-1 uninfected South African populations. Immunogenetics. 2012 Nov; 64(11):795-806.