Natural Killer Cells

Tocelebrate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of Natural Killer (NK) cells, this volume focuses on the recent advances in our understanding of NK cell developmentand differentiation and their acquisition of functional properties, as well asthe latest models for NK-cell analysis in mice and applications in clinicalmedicine. NK cells have travelled a circuitous path from their initialdescription as 'spontaneous killers' (for some simply an experimental artifact)to being a bona fide subset of innatelymphoid cells with a complementary mode of action in immune defense and animportant mediator of immune reactivity in health and disease. Together, thesereviews provide a timely and concise picture of the evolution of NK cells asessential agents in immunity and as potent weapons against disease. This bookoffers an appealing and insightful resource for scientists and clinicians.

Transcriptional control of NK cells. - Development, Homeostasis and
Heterogeneity of NK cells and ILC1. - Diversification and functional
specialization of human NK cell subsets. - Dynamic regulation of NK cell
responsiveness. - Sweet is the memory of past troubles: NK cells remember. -
Lessons from NK cell
deficiencies in the mouse. - Probing human NK cell biology using Human Immune
System (HIS) mice. - Haploidentical-Haematopoietic
Stem Cell Transplantation: role of NK cells and effect of cytomegalovirus infections. -
The past, present and future of NK cells in hematopoietic cell
transplantation and adoptive transfer. - NK cells and Cancer Immunoediting.