"Killer Cells, Natural" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bone marrow-derived lymphocytes that possess cytotoxic properties, classically directed against transformed and virus-infected cells. Unlike T CELLS; and B CELLS; NK CELLS are not antigen specific. The cytotoxicity of natural killer cells is determined by the collective signaling of an array of inhibitory and stimulatory CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS. A subset of T-LYMPHOCYTES referred to as NATURAL KILLER T CELLS shares some of the properties of this cell type.
| Descriptor ID |
D007694
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.118.637.555.567.537 A15.145.229.637.555.567.537 A15.382.490.555.567.537
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| Concept/Terms |
Killer Cells, Natural- Killer Cells, Natural
- Natural Killer Cells
- Cell, Natural Killer
- Cells, Natural Killer
- Killer Cell, Natural
- Natural Killer Cell
- NK Cells
- Cell, NK
- Cells, NK
- NK Cell
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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