Abstract

In killing of cellular targets, natural killer cells employ receptors that activate them and receptors specific for MHC class I that inhibit their activation. Progress in understanding the inhibitory receptors has been rapid, and indications are that they fall into two distinct structural types that appear to utilize the same inhibitory signaling cascade; meanwhile, components of the activation cascade are being elucidated, permitting us to integrate the pathways involved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)298-305
Number of pages8
JournalCurrent Opinion in Immunology
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1998

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