Activation and role of natural killer cells in virus infections
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- Vol. 170 (3), 155-172
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02298196
Abstract
Natural killer cells may play a significant role in virus infections. Virus-induced interferon activates these cells to become highly cytotoxic, and viral infections may also affect the proliferation of such cells. Non-immune mice have an apparently cellular defense mechanism which rapidly lyses implanted virus-infected cells. The evidence for NK cell involvement in viral disease is reviewed.Keywords
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