Natural killer cells recognize and kill abnormal cells, such as tumor cells and virus-infected cells, and are considered important in the innate immune defense against intracellular pathogens.

Authors

• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

Referenced by nodes (2)

• Natural killer (NK) cells concept
• tumor cells concept