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Review
. 2014;19(1-2):107-19.
doi: 10.1615/critrevoncog.2014010866.

NK cells and virus-related cancers

Rabinarayan Mishra  1 , Raymond Welsh  1 , Eva Szomolanyi-Tsuda  1
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Review

NK cells and virus-related cancers

Rabinarayan Mishra et al. Crit Rev Oncog. 2014.

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells become activated during viral infections and can play roles in such infections by attacking virus-infected cells or by regulating adaptive immune responses. Experimental models suggest that NK cells may also have the capacity to restrain virus-induced cancers. Here, we discuss the seven viruses linked to human cancers and the evidence of NK cell involvement in these systems.

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