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The developmental relationship between NK cells and T cells.

Immunology today ·Vol. 13 ·No. 10 ·1992-10-00 ·Pages 392-5

Lanier LL, Spits H, Phillips JH

Abstract

NK cells and T cells share many features, suggesting that they have a common origin. Here, Lewis Lanier and colleagues describe recent studies of fetal ontogeny and thymic development that provide support for this hypothesis, and propose an integrated scheme for NK-cell and T-cell development.

MeSH Terms

Animals CD3 Complex/immunology Humans Killer Cells, Natural/immunology Lymphocyte Activation Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology T-Lymphocytes/immunology Thymus Gland/embryology,immunology

Chemicals

CD3 Complex Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Lanier L L

DNAX Research Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Palo Alto, CA 94304.

Spits H

Phillips J H

Article Info

Journal

Immunology today

Abbr.

Immunol Today

ISSN

0167-5699

DOI

10.1016/0167-5699(92)90087-N

Published

1992-10-00

Pages

392-5

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

8008346

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(92)90087-N

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