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NK cell recognition.

Lewis L Lanier1

  • 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94143-0414, USA. lanier@itsa.ucsf.edu

Annual Review of Immunology
|March 18, 2005
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Natural killer (NK) cell effector functions are regulated by integrated signals from activating and inhibitory cell surface receptors. This review covers the structure, function, and ligand specificity of NK cell recognition receptors.

Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Cell Biology

Background:

  • Natural killer (NK) cells are crucial immune cells involved in innate immunity.
  • NK cell effector functions, including cytotoxicity and cytokine production, are tightly regulated.
  • This regulation is achieved through the integrated signaling of activating and inhibitory cell surface receptors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the structure, function, and ligand specificity of receptors involved in NK cell recognition.
  • To provide an overview of the molecular mechanisms governing NK cell activation and inhibition.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of published research on NK cell receptors.
  • Analysis of structural, functional, and ligand-binding data for key NK cell receptors.

Main Results:

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  • Detailed description of major activating NK cell receptors (e.g., NKG2D, NKp46) and their ligands.
  • Detailed description of major inhibitory NK cell receptors (e.g., KIRs, NKG2A) and their roles in self/non-self discrimination.
  • Discussion of how the balance of signals from these receptors dictates NK cell responses.

Conclusions:

  • The integrated processing of signals from activating and inhibitory receptors is fundamental to NK cell effector functions.
  • Understanding NK cell receptor recognition is key to harnessing NK cell-based immunotherapies.