Melanoma cells become resistant to NK-cell-mediated killing when exposed to NK-cell numbers compatible with NK-cell infiltration in the tumor

Profound Coordinated Alterations of Intratumoral NK Cell Phenotype and Function in Lung Carcinoma

(2011) S. Platonova et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhances NK susceptibility of human melanoma cells via Hsp60-mediated FAS expression

(2011) Ji H. Lee et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Innate or Adaptive Immunity? The Example of Natural Killer Cells

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Killer Ig-like receptor-mediated control of natural killer cell alloreactivity in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

(2010) L. Moretta et al.   BLOOD

Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Adeno-Associated Virus Encoding Interleukin-15 Superagonist

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HLA-E and HLA-G Expression in Classical HLA Class I-Negative Tumors Is of Prognostic Value for Clinical Outcome of Early Breast Cancer Patients

(2010) E. M. de Kruijf et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The interaction of human natural killer cells with either unpolarized or polarized macrophages results in different functional outcomes

(2010) F. Bellora et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functions of γC cytokines in immune homeostasis: Current and potential clinical applications

(2009) Willem W. Overwijk et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

GPR56 as a novel marker identifying the CD56dull CD16+ NK cell subset both in blood stream and in inflamed peripheral tissues

(2009) Mariella Della Chiesa et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Natural killer cells kill human melanoma cells with characteristics of cancer stem cells

(2009) G. Pietra et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Clinical relevance and functional implications for human leucocyte antigen-g expression in non-small-cell lung cancer

(2009) A. Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

NCRs and DNAM-1 mediate NK cell recognition and lysis of human and mouse melanoma cell lines in vitro and in vivo

(2009) Tadepally Lakshmikanth et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The B7 family member B7-H6 is a tumor cell ligand for the activating natural killer cell receptor NKp30 in humans

(2009) Cameron S. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Enhanced In Vivo Growth of Lymphoma Tumors in the Absence of the NK-Activating Receptor NKp46/NCR1

(2009) G. G. Halfteck et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Melanoma-associated fibroblasts modulate NK cell phenotype and antitumor cytotoxicity

(2009) M. Balsamo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Beyond the increasing complexity of the immunomodulatory HLA-G molecule

(2008) E. D. Carosella et al.   BLOOD

Human natural killer cells

(2008) M. A. Caligiuri   BLOOD

Interferon-γ down-regulates NKG2D ligand expression and impairs the NKG2D-mediated cytolysis of MHC class I-deficient melanoma by natural killer cells

(2008) Nicole Schwinn et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

IL-15Rα chaperones IL-15 to stable dendritic cell membrane complexes that activate NK cells via trans presentation

(2008) Erwan Mortier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Natural killer cell–directed therapies: moving from unexpected results to successful strategies

(2008) Magali Terme et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Functions of natural killer cells

(2008) Eric Vivier et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY