[PDF][PDF] Natural killer or dendritic: what's in a name?
Perspective Page 1 Immunity Perspective Natural Killer or Dendritic: What’s in a Name?
Hergen Spits1,* and Lewis L. Lanier2,* 1 Department of Immunology, Genentech, South San
Francisco, CA 94080, USA 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer
Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
*Correspondence: hspits@gene.com (HS), lewis.lanier@ucsf.edu (LLL) DOI 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.01.004
Accumulating data suggest a potential for substantial overlap in phenotypic and functional …
Hergen Spits1,* and Lewis L. Lanier2,* 1 Department of Immunology, Genentech, South San
Francisco, CA 94080, USA 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer
Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
*Correspondence: hspits@gene.com (HS), lewis.lanier@ucsf.edu (LLL) DOI 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.01.004
Accumulating data suggest a potential for substantial overlap in phenotypic and functional …
Accumulating data suggest a potential for substantial overlap in phenotypic and functional characteristics between natural killer and dendritic cells. Thus, their identification, lineage commitment, and in vivo relevance may need a closer look.
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