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Other authors / contributors: | Vivier, E., editor.
Di Santo, James, editor.
Moretta, Alessandro, editor.
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ISBN: | 9783319239163 3319239163 9781493936823 1493936824 9783319239156 3319239155
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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Notes: | Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 23, 2016).
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Summary: | To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of Natural Killer (NK) cells, this volume focuses on the recent advances in our understanding of NK cell development and differentiation and their acquisition of functional properties, as well as the latest models for NK-cell analysis in mice and applications in clinical medicine. NK cells have travelled a circuitous path from their initial description as 'spontaneous killers' (for some simply an experimental artifact) to being a bona fide subset of innate lymphoid cells with a complementary mode of action in immune defense and an important mediator of immune reactivity in health and disease. Together, these reviews provide a timely and concise picture of the evolution of NK cells as essential agents in immunity and as potent weapons against disease. This book offers an appealing and insightful resource for scientists and clinicians.
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Other form: | Print version: Natural killer cells. Cham : Springer, 2016 3319239155 9783319239156
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Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-23916-3
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