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Nature Research, Nature Medicine, 11(14), p. 1184-1185, 2008
DOI: 10.1038/nm1108-1184
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The upside of natural killers
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Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells, originally so named because they have the capacity to kill other cells without activation, can be licensed and educated to regulate tissue homeostasis. This notion has recently been shown in reproduction—in both normal physiology by Hanna et al. and severe pathophysiology (preeclampsia) by Hiby et al.