… NK cells and the development or maintenance of autoimmune diseases. Below, we discuss
briefly some additional studies performed on three prototypic human autoimmune diseases, …

… and T cells expressing NK cell … cells and NK cell receptors in human autoimmune diseases
using the example of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a prototypic human autoimmune …

… mediated by T cells and B cells, natural killer (NK) cells have been implicated in … autoimmune
diseases. A more complete characterization of the role of NK cells in human autoimmunity …

… Natural killer (NK) cells, the large granular lymphocytes differentiated from the common
lymphoid progenitors, were discovered in early 1970’s (1, 2). They are among a heterogeneous …

… underlie the pathogenesis of human autoimmune diseases [84]. A single nucleotide
polymorphism (SNP) in CD226, encoding DNAM-1, is associated with susceptibility to MS [82,85]. …

… cell biology in some major autoimmune diseases and discuss the future immunotherapeutic
potential of NK cells… Natural killer cells are implicated in both protective and pathogenic …

… ; frequencies among human large lymphocytes … human natural killer cells in response to
mitogens viruses and bacteria; in Herberman RB (ed): NK Cells and Other Natural Effector Cells. …

… Natural killer (NK) cells are best known for their ability to recognize and kill tumor cells and
virally infected cells … our view on the function of NK cells in the immune system in health and …

… Natural killer cells function Natural killer cells are a subset of lymphocytes that contribute
to innate immunity. They are developed in the bone marrow, but there is also evidence …

… These findings reinforce the notion that NK cells, originally named after their ability to
mediate spontaneous cytotoxicity towards certain tumour cell lines, regulate autoimmune …