在聚光灯下的先天性淋巴细胞:从生物标志物到创新免疫疗法的蓝图

I-Chih Kuo1,2, Julyanne Brassard1, Peter W Zandstra1,3

  • 1School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Frontiers in immunology
|September 18, 2025
PubMed
概括

天生的淋巴细胞 (ILC) 对免疫和健康至关重要. 研究现在正在探索它们在自身免疫性疾病和癌症中的治疗潜力,面临挑战,但随着新技术的进步.

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