title: What is a natural killer cell?
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moretta
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bottino
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mingari
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biassoni
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moretta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005544:Forecasting; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007157:Immunologic Surveillance; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000637:transplantation; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000502:physiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000276:immunology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D054340:Receptors, KIR; D012377:Rodentia / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D054340:Receptors, KIR