Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 8th, 2005
Study 1: Researchers from Sweden have reported on natural killer (NK) cells and their control of adaptive immune responses.
"NK cells have primarily been defined by their ability to kill infected cells, tumor cells and some normal cells expressing low levels of MHC class I molecules. NK cells have also been shown to affect adaptive immune responses by their production of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines," wrote E. Assarsson and colleagues, Karolinska University.
"Recently it has been shown that adaptive immune...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-06-08)
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