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The human natural killer lymphocyte receptors for MHC class I molecules. Volume 9, numéro 4, December 1998

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INSERM 448, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, 94000 Créteil Cedex, France. Fax: (+33) 1 49 81 36 05, e-mail: bensussan@im3.inserm.fr
  • Page(s) : 577-84
  • Année de parution : 1999

INTRODUCTION Natural killer (NC) cells are large granular lymphocytes which were originally described for their ability to lyse tumor cell lines in the absence of a previous immunization [1, 2]. Thereafter, their effector cytotoxic lymphocyte function was found to be involved during the immune response against certain viruses, parasites and microbial pathogens [3, 4]. In addition, as NK cells were found to produce multiple [...]