title: NK cells and virus-related cancers.
abstract: Natural killer (NK) cells become activated during viral infections and can play roles in such infections by attacking virus-infected cells or by regulating adaptive immune responses. Experimental models suggest that NK cells may also have the capacity to restrain virus-induced cancers. Here, we discuss the seven viruses linked to human cancers and the evidence of NK cell involvement in these systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, AS9-2051, Worcester, MA 01605.
authors.forename: Rabinarayan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, AS9-2051, Worcester, MA 01605.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, AS9-2051, Worcester, MA 01605.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szomolanyi-Tsuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000821:virology*