Frozen Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells Differentiate into Higher Numbers of Functional Natural Killer Cells In Vitro than Mobilized Hematopoietic Stem Cells or Freshly Isolated Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Human NK cells at early stages of differentiation produce CXCL8 and express CD161 molecule that functions as an activating receptor

(2012) E. Montaldo et al.   BLOOD

Cytotoxic functions and susceptibility to apoptosis of human CD56bright NK cells differentiated in vitro from CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors

(2012) Loris Zamai et al.   CYTOMETRY PART A

The Transcription Factors T-bet and Eomes Control Key Checkpoints of Natural Killer Cell Maturation

(2012) Scott M. Gordon et al.   IMMUNITY

Molecular definition of the identity and activation of natural killer cells

(2012) Natalie A Bezman et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Transcription factors involved in the regulation of natural killer cell development and function: an update

(2012) Martha Luevano et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Umbilical Cord Blood: Lessons Learned and Lingering Challenges After More Than 20 Years of Basic and Clinical Research

(2011) Hector Mayani   ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Natural Killer Cell Differentiation from Hematopoietic Stem Cells: A Comparative Analysis of Heparin- and Stromal Cell–Supported Methods

(2011) Steven A. Dezell et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Transcriptional control of natural killer cell differentiation and function

(2011) Alfonso Martín-Fontecha et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

The unique profile of cord blood natural killer cells balances incomplete maturation and effective killing function upon activation

(2011) Martha Luevano et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

The impact of the dose of natural killer cells in the graft on severe acute graft-versus-host disease after unrelated bone marrow transplantation

(2011) Masatsugu Tanaka et al.   LEUKEMIA RESEARCH

Clinical-Grade Generation of Active NK Cells from Cord Blood Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells for Immunotherapy Using a Closed-System Culture Process

(2011) Jan Spanholtz et al.   PLoS One

Natural killer-cell differentiation by myeloid progenitors

(2010) B. Grzywacz et al.   BLOOD

Latent herpesvirus infection arms NK cells

(2010) D. W. White et al.   BLOOD

Shared dependence on the DNA-binding factor TOX for the development of lymphoid tissue–inducer cell and NK cell lineages

(2010) Parinaz Aliahmad et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

High Log-Scale Expansion of Functional Human Natural Killer Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood CD34-Positive Cells for Adoptive Cancer Immunotherapy

(2010) Jan Spanholtz et al.   PLoS One

Reprogramming of T Cells to Natural Killer-Like Cells upon Bcl11b Deletion

(2010) P. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Human embryonic stem cells differentiate into a homogeneous population of natural killer cells with potent in vivo antitumor activity

(2009) P. S. Woll et al.   BLOOD

Generation of donor natural killer cells from CD34+ progenitor cells and subsequent infusion after HLA-mismatched allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a feasibility study

(2009) S R Yoon et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

The basic leucine zipper transcription factor E4BP4 is essential for natural killer cell development

(2009) Duncan M Gascoyne et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Increase Expansion of Cord Blood Natural Killer Cells

(2008) Laurent Boissel et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Generation of a Novel Regulatory NK Cell Subset from Peripheral Blood CD34+ Progenitors Promoted by Membrane-Bound IL-15

(2008) Massimo Giuliani et al.   PLoS One

Generation of functional natural killer and dendritic cells in a human stromal-based serum-free culture system designed for cord blood expansion

(2007) Ana M. Frias et al.   EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY