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Researchers reveal key mechanism of natural killer cell dysfunction
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Researchers reveal key mechanism of natural killer cell dysfunction

by Liu Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences Intratumoral NK cells lack abundant membrane protrusions. Credit: Nature Immunology (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01462-9 A team has revealed the key mechanism of the loss of membrane protrusions on intratumoral natural killer (NK) cells, which impairs their ability to recognize and kill tumor cells, providing a new strategy for NK cell-based immunotherapy. This...