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Natural killer cells kill human melanoma cells with characteristics of cancer stem cells.

Study leader Dr Dwight Evans fromthe University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia said: "The present findings provide evidence that natural killer cell function in HIV infection may be enhanced by selective serotonin re-uptake inhibition and also by substance P antagonism in both depressed and non-depressed individuals.

Anti-stress drugs aid body's defences; HEALTH

In contrast, CBT was associated with moderate to large improvements in natural killer cell count and activity, inflammatory mediators, number of infectious illness episodes, and depressive symptoms.

CBT improves post-CABG depression in women

Within 4 months, mature T cells and natural killer cells appeared in 4 infants, and the T cell responses were found to be nearly normal up to 2 years after treatment, reported Marina Cavazzana-Calvo, MD and colleagues in the April 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Gene therapy shows long-term success in restoring babies' immune systems

They have shown, for example, that the number of beneficial natural killer cells was enhanced in a healthy elderly population taking 30 to 60 mg of beta-carotene daily for about two months.

Pumping immunity

In this Special Focus issue, we discuss the immune cross-talk driven by natural killer cells, the split personality of NKT cells and macrophages in malignancy, autoimmune disorders and infectious disease, the two-sided roles of dendritic cells in the pathogenesis and treatment of human disease, the pleiotropic functions of naive, effector and memory CD8 T cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and how lymphocyte function may be influenced by the stromal cell network affecting the inflammatory process.

Research and Markets: Immune Cells & Inflammation

IRX-2 is a proprietary therapeutic containing numerous active cytokine components, which data suggests may restore and activate multiple immune cell types, including T cells, dendritic cells, and natural killer cells, that are known to recognise and attack tumors.

IRX Therapeutics Clinical Trial of IRX-2 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Shows 65% Overall Survival Rate at 5 Years

The product is an investigational immuno-stimulatory therapy designed to expand specific cancer-fighting CD8+ effector T cells and natural killer cells directly in the tumour micro-environment and increase expression of PD-1 on these immune cells.

Nektar Therapeutics signs research collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceutical

Natural killer cells (NK cells) are one of your body's most powerful defenses against infections and cancer.

Activate your natural killer cells: to guard against infection and malignancy

But what surprised the scientists most was how this changed the effectiveness of natural killer cells in destroying these diseased cells.

Cancer cells' Achilles' heel revealed

de la Mediterranee) have compiled chapters dealing with isolation and functional characterization of cells involved in innate immunity in mouse and man, including natural killer cells, mast cells, and eosinophils.

Innate immunity

Dysfunction of T cell receptor AV24AJ18+, BV11+ double-negative regulatory natural killer cells in autoimmune diseases.