Multi-cellular natural killer (NK) cell clusters enhance NK cell activation through localizing IL-2 within the cluster.

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Published in Sci Rep on January 11, 2017

Authors

Miju Kim1,2, Tae-Jin Kim3, Hye Mi Kim4, Junsang Doh1,5, Kyung-Mi Lee3,6

Author Affiliations

1: School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering (I-Bio), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 790-784, Korea.
2: Amore-Pacific R&D Centre, Yongin, 17074, Korea.
3: Global Research Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 136-713, Korea.
4: Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology (IBB), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 790-784, Korea.
5: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 790-784, Korea.
6: Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77054, United States.

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