The Unique Properties of Human NK Cells in the Uterine Mucosa

I. Manaster; O. Mandelboim

doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2007.10.006

The Unique Properties of Human NK Cells in the Uterine Mucosa

I. Manaster, O. Mandelboim^*

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Department of Immunology and Cancer Research

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Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes of the innate immune system that are able to kill hazardous pathogens and tumours. It was recently recognized that NK cells also possess non-destructive functions. NK cells were shown to interact with T, B, DC cells and macrophages and consequently shape the adaptive immune response. In addition, activated NK cells were shown to be quite efficient antigen-presenting cells. Here we review the unique properties of human NK cells in the uterine mucosa prior to and during pregnancy. We discuss the role of decidual NK cells and suggest that their major function is to assist in fetal development. Further we discuss the function and origin of endometrial NK cells and define some questions that need to be addressed in future research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-66
Number of pages	7
Journal	Placenta
Volume	29
Issue number	SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2007.10.006
State	Published - Mar 2008

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation, the European consortium LSHC-CT-2005-518178, the European consortium MRTN-CT-2005, the ICRF and the BSF. We would like to thank our long term collaborators Prof. Simcha Yagel, Dr. Debra Goldman-Wohl and their colleagues for the ideas and the joint work.

Keywords

Decidua
NK receptors
dNK
eNK

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