Study reveals how to activate the immune system’s natural killer cells to protect against cancer and other diseases (IMAGE)
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New research from Massachusetts General Hospital explains how natural killer (NK) cells’ interactions with extracellular matrix proteins regulate their function in solid organs, findings that could yield major therapeutic implications for cancer, viral infection, autoimmunity, and other inflammatory diseases. Here, NK cells (green) are embedded in collagen (red) rich matrix of the skin, which inhibits them from directly killing the epidermal keratinocytes (yellow).
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Maulik Vyas, PhD
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