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Do NK cells always need a license to kill?

Nature Immunology volume 11, pages 279–280 (2010)Cite this article

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The ability of natural killer cells to eliminate abnormal cells has been shown to be enhanced by triggering of certain inhibitory receptors during their maturation. New data show that sometimes the opposite can happen.

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Figure 1: Differences in the responsiveness of licensed and unlicensed NK cells.

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  1. Mario-Ernesto Cruz-Munoz is in the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Clinical Research Institute of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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  2. the Department of Medicine, and the Department of Medicine, André Veillette is in the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Clinical Research Institute of Montréal, University of Montréal, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,

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Cruz-Munoz, ME., Veillette, A. Do NK cells always need a license to kill?. Nat Immunol 11, 279–280 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0410-279

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