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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 68, Issue 21, Pages 3531-3539Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0802-7
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NK cell; Activating receptor; NKp30; B7-H6; Tumor immunosurveillance
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Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes of the innate immune system that sense target cells through a panel of activating and inhibitory receptors. Together with NKG2D, the natural cytotoxicity receptors (NCRs) are major activating receptors involved in tumor cell detection. Although numerous NKG2D ligands have been identified, characterization of the molecules interacting with the NCRs is still incomplete. The identification of B7-H6 as a counter structure of the NCR NKp30 shed light on the molecular basis of NK cell immunosurveillance. We review here the current knowledge on NKp30 and B7-H6, and we discuss their potential role in anti-tumor immunity.
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