CD34+ hematopoietic precursors are present in human decidua and differentiate into natural killer cells upon interaction with stromal cells

Endometrial NK Cells Are Special Immature Cells That Await Pregnancy

(2014) I. Manaster et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Interleukin-1β Selectively Expands and Sustains Interleukin-22+ Immature Human Natural Killer Cells in Secondary Lymphoid Tissue

(2010) Tiffany Hughes et al.   IMMUNITY

Immature NK Cells, Capable of Producing IL-22, Are Present in Human Uterine Mucosa

(2010) V. Male et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

Crosstalk between decidual NK and CD14+ myelomonocytic cells results in induction of Tregs and immunosuppression

(2010) P. Vacca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interleukin-21 induces the differentiation of human umbilical cord blood CD34-lineage- cells into pseudomature lytic NK cells

(2009) Giuseppina Bonanno et al.   BMC IMMUNOLOGY

Nfil3/E4bp4 is required for the development and maturation of NK cells in vivo

(2009) Shintaro Kamizono et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

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

(2009) Duncan M Gascoyne et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Human natural killer cells exposed to IL-2, IL-12, IL-18, or IL-4 differently modulate priming of naive T cells by monocyte-derived dendritic cells

(2008) S. Agaugue et al.   BLOOD

Human natural killer cells

(2008) M. A. Caligiuri   BLOOD

Regulatory T Cells and Immune Tolerance

(2008) Shimon Sakaguchi et al.   CELL

Decidual vascularization and the expression of angiogenic growth factors and proteases in first trimester spontaneous abortions

(2008) M. Plaisier et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Regulatory role of NKp44, NKp46, DNAM-1 and NKG2D receptors in the interaction between NK cells and trophoblast cells. Evidence for divergent functional profiles of decidual versus peripheral NK cells

(2008) P. Vacca et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Methylprednisolone induces preferential and rapid differentiation of CD34+ cord blood precursors toward NK cells

(2008) C. Vitale et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Human NK cells directly recognize Mycobacterium bovis via TLR2 and acquire the ability to kill monocyte-derived DC

(2008) E. Marcenaro et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Perturbations of natural killer cell regulatory functions in respiratory allergic diseases

(2007) Francesca Scordamaglia et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY