Adaptive NK cells

Adaptive natural killer (NK) cells is a sub-population of natural killer cells, a cell type of the innate immune system. Adaptive NK cells have been identified in both humans and mice.[1][2]

The term adaptive NK cells stems from their described immunological behaviour, which parallels functions of the adaptive immune system including dynamic expansions of defined subsets of cells[3] and protective memory responses[4]

See also

References
  1. Freud, AG; Mundy-Bosse, BL; Yu, J; Caligiuri, MA (Nov 21, 2017). "The Broad Spectrum of Human Natural Killer Cell Diversity". Immunity. 5 (47): 820–833. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2017.10.008. PMC 5728700. PMID 29166586.
  2. Hammer, Q; Romagnani, C (Nov 30, 2016). "About Training and Memory: NK-Cell Adaptation to Viral Infections". Adv Immunol. 133: 171–207. doi:10.1016/bs.ai.2016.10.001. PMID 28215279.
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