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Natural killer (NK) cells are primarily defined as effectors in non-MHC restricted cytolysis of tumor targets [1, 2]. More recently, however, increasing evidence has appeared that NK cells play an important role in the regulation of hematopoiesis and the immune response [3]. It has been demonstrated that NK cells have the capacity to secrete a range of lymphokines which induce B-cell growth and differentiation [4].
This work was supported by a grant of the Deutsche Forchungsgemeinschaft, Schm 596/2-2.
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Kolanus, W., Becker, J., Schmidt, R.E. (1990). Human NK Clones Regulate B-cell Development by Release of IFN-γ and TNF-α. In: Freund, M., Link, H., Welte, K. (eds) Cytokines in Hemopoiesis, Oncology, and AIDS. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75510-1_33
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