NK cells can generate from precursors in the adult human liver

Homeostatic proliferation generates long-lived natural killer cells that respond against viral infection

(2011) Joseph C. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

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

(2011) P. Vacca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulated Expression of Nuclear Receptor RORγt Confers Distinct Functional Fates to NK Cell Receptor-Expressing RORγt+ Innate Lymphocytes

(2010) Cedric Vonarbourg et al.   IMMUNITY

The intrathymic crossroads of T and NK cell differentiation

(2010) Roel G. J. Klein Wolterink et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Immune memory redefined: characterizing the longevity of natural killer cells

(2010) Joseph C. Sun et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Human NKp44+IL-22+cells and LTi-like cells constitute a stable RORC+lineage distinct from conventional natural killer cells

(2010) Natasha K. Crellin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

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

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

Liver grafts contain a unique subset of natural killer cells that are transferred into the recipient after liver transplantation

(2010) Viviana Moroso et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Critical role for the chemokine receptor CXCR6 in NK cell–mediated antigen-specific memory of haptens and viruses

(2010) Silke Paust et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

NK Cell Terminal Differentiation: Correlated Stepwise Decrease of NKG2A and Acquisition of KIRs

(2010) Vivien Béziat et al.   PLoS One

Development and Function of CD94-Deficient Natural Killer Cells

(2010) Mark T. Orr et al.   PLoS One

The Liver as a Lymphoid Organ

(2009) Ian Nicholas Crispe   Annual Review of Immunology

In vitro-differentiated T/natural killer-cell progenitors derived from human CD34+ cells mature in the thymus

(2009) B. Meek et al.   BLOOD

CD94 surface density identifies a functional intermediary between the CD56bright and CD56dim human NK-cell subsets

(2009) J. Yu et al.   BLOOD

Natural Killer Cells Are Polarized Toward Cytotoxicity in Chronic Hepatitis C in an Interferon-Alfa–Dependent Manner

(2009) Golo Ahlenstiel et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Fine characterization of intrahepatic NK cells expressing natural killer receptors in chronic hepatitis B and C

(2009) Paula Bonorino et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Adaptive immune features of natural killer cells

(2009) Joseph C. Sun et al.   NATURE

Susceptibility of Human Melanoma Cells to Autologous Natural Killer (NK) Cell Killing: HLA-Related Effector Mechanisms and Role of Unlicensed NK Cells

(2009) Paolo Carrega et al.   PLoS One

Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells

(2009) Megan A. Cooper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2008) C. Vitale et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

TLR-dependent cross talk between human Kupffer cells and NK cells

(2008) Zhengkun Tu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Haematopoietic stem cell release is regulated by circadian oscillations

(2008) Simón Méndez-Ferrer et al.   NATURE

Human fetal lymphoid tissue–inducer cells are interleukin 17–producing precursors to RORC+ CD127+ natural killer–like cells

(2008) Tom Cupedo et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY