When killers become helpers

Jacob Hanna; Ofer Mandelboim

doi:10.1016/j.it.2007.03.005

When killers become helpers

Jacob Hanna^*, Ofer Mandelboim

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Department of Immunology and Cancer Research

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Abstract

Since their initial characterization by Kiessling over 35 years ago, natural killer (NK) cells continue to constitute an area of intensive discovery in the immunology field. Although most of the research efforts concentrated on characterizing the role of NK cells in tumor prevention and fighting infection through the killing of dangerous cells, several recent findings highlight unexpected non-cytolytic functions of human and mouse NK cells. Such functions include promoting placental tissue development, antigen presentation and stimulation of T cells, priming of macrophages and dendritic cells, reducing transplant tissue rejection and several others.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	201-206
Number of pages	6
Journal	Trends in Immunology
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2007.03.005
State	Published - May 2007

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O.M. is supported by research grants from the Israel Cancer Research Foundation, The Israel Science Foundation, European Commission (QLK2-CT-2002–011112) and the Israeli Cancer Research Institute. J.H. is currently a Novartis Postdoctoral Scholar funded by the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation. We thank Sa’ar Mizrahi for helping with the preparation of the figures.

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