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NK - Natural Killer Cell

NK cell is one kind of primitive immunity lymphocytes in each human body. It works effectively against minute invaders like virus and cancer cells , to kill them without any side-effects.

Nature Killer Cells-

An innate effecter cells of immune system limits viremia and tumor burden.

Adv. Immunol 1989 & Annu. Rev. Immunol 1999

NK-cell occupies 10-15% of all the lymphocyte
The average number of HK/person is 1~10 hundred million by and large

NK Cell

NK cells = Natural Killer Cells
(CD56+/CD3-)
Large granular lymphocytes
A critical component of the innate immune system
Directly kill target cells and produce immunoregulatory cytokine
(e.g. interferon-g)
Mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) (CD16)
Mostly present in the peripheral blood
10-15% of all blood lymphocytes

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