Natural killer (NK) cells have a crucial role in combating infections and cancers and their
surface receptors can directly recognize and respond to damaged, transformed or non-self …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the methodology, the nature and mode of action
of the main categories of effector cells, and their capacity to act against selected helminth …

In near-physiological concentrations, glucocorticoid hormones cause the death of several
types of normal and neoplastic lymphoid cell, but the mechanisms involved are unknown1 …

Activation in lectin-free interleukin 2 (IL-2) containing supernatants of peripheral blood
mononuclear leukocytes (PBL) from cancer patients or normal individuals resulted in …

In 76 muscle specimens (normal controls, 9; Duchenne dystrophy, 11; scleroderma, 11;
dermatomyositis, 13; polymyositis, 15; inclusion body myositis, 17), mononuclear cells were …

In addition to their cytotoxic activities, natural killer (NK) cells can have immunoregulatory
functions. We describe a distinct “helper” differentiation pathway of human CD56+ CD3− NK …

On analysis of in vitro assays of human natural killer (NK) cell function the inadequacy of
commonly used methods of expressing lytic activity was apparent. A comparison was made …

Immunodeficiency disorders have provided much information on the development and
interaction of the various B and T lymphoid components in the immune system of man. As …

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Biophysical parameters and metastasis 130 C Proteins and glycoprotems of metastauc cells …

Although several laboratories have shown that the appearance of naturally occurring
suppressor cells in the spleens of neonatal or irradiated mice is temporarily related to the …