title: [The ultrastructure of the natural killer cells in transitional-cell bladder cancer].
abstract: Electronic microexamination of two of the 65 cases of transitional cell carcinoma, in which cases we succeeded in detecting and studying the interaction between the natural killer cells and a target cell, suggested that a natural killer cell might be an active element of tissue immunity being capable of recognizing and destroying cells that differ in their genetic apparatus from normal cells and bodily tissues. The main targets of natural killer cells are those organelles in tumour cells that are their most active units of vital importance, the destruction of which is aimed at maintaining of tissue and cellular homeostasis.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Gaĭyrov
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*
vernacular_title: Ul'trastruktura estestvennykh killernykh kletok pri perekhodno-kletochnom rake mochevogo puzyria.