Natural killer cell education in human health and disease

Jeanette E. Boudreau; Katharine C. Hsu

doi:10.1016/j.coi.2017.11.003

Natural killer cell education in human health and disease

Jeanette E. Boudreau, Katharine C. Hsu

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Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells maintain immune homeostasis by detecting and eliminating damaged cells. Simultaneous activating and inhibitory input are integrated by NK cells, with the net signal prompting cytotoxicity and cytokine production, or inhibition. Chief among the inhibitory ligands for NK cells are ‘self’ human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules, which are sensed by killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Through a process called ‘education’, the functional capabilities of each NK cell are counterbalanced by their sensitivity for inhibition by co-inherited ‘self’ HLA. HLA and their ligands, the killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR), are encoded by polymorphic, polygenic gene loci that segregate independently, therefore, NK education and function differ even between related individuals. In this review, we describe how variation in NK education, reactivity and sensitivity for inhibition impacts reproductive success, infection, cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	102-111
Number of pages	10
Journal	Current Opinion in Immunology
Volume	50
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coi.2017.11.003
Publication status	Published - Feb 2018

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The authors apologize to those researchers whose work could not be included in this review due to space restrictions. This review was supported by NIH grants AI125651, HL129472, CA23766, AI069197, AI123658, and funding from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation to KCH. This work was supported by a grant from the Banting Research Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research — Institute of Cancer Research (grant #705275) and The Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute to JEB.

Funding Information:
The authors apologize to those researchers whose work could not be included in this review due to space restrictions. This review was supported by NIH grants AI125651 , HL129472 , CA23766 , AI069197 , AI123658 , and funding from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation to KCH. This work was supported by a grant from the Banting Research Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research — Institute of Cancer Research (grant # 705275 ) and The Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute to JEB.

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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd

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Immunology and Allergy
Immunology

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