"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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Killer Cells, Natural" by people in Profiles.
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Eutopic endometrial immune profile of infertility-patients with and without endometriosis. J Reprod Immunol. 2022 Mar; 150:103489.
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Early IFN-a signatures and persistent dysfunction are distinguishing features of NK cells in severe COVID-19. Immunity. 2021 11 09; 54(11):2650-2669.e14.
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Leukocyte Counts and T-Cell Frequencies Differ Between Novel Subgroups of Diabetes and Are Associated With Metabolic Parameters and Biomarkers of Inflammation. Diabetes. 2021 11; 70(11):2652-2662.
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Are uterine natural killer and plasma cells in infertility patients associated with endometriosis, repeated implantation failure, or recurrent pregnancy loss? Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2020 12; 302(6):1487-1494.
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Reprogramming of pro-inflammatory human macrophages to an anti-inflammatory phenotype by bile acids. Sci Rep. 2018 01 10; 8(1):255.
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Significance of Frequencies, Compositions, and/or Antileukemic Activity of (DC-stimulated) Invariant NKT, NK and CIK Cells on the Outcome of Patients With AML, ALL and CLL. J Immunother. 2017 Jul/Aug; 40(6):224-248.
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Selective downregulation of HLA-C and HLA-E in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Br J Haematol. 2016 08; 174(3):477-80.
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KIR ligand C2 is associated with increased susceptibility to childhood ALL and confers an elevated risk for late relapse. Blood. 2014 Oct 02; 124(14):2248-51.
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Type I interferon protects antiviral CD8+ T cells from NK cell cytotoxicity. Immunity. 2014 Jun 19; 40(6):949-60.
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Peripheral blood leucocyte subclasses as potential biomarkers of adipose tissue inflammation and obesity subphenotypes in humans. Obes Rev. 2014 Apr; 15(4):322-37.
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