Immunology Question:

What are natural killer cells?

Immunology Interview Question
Immunology Interview Question

Answer:

These are large granulated lymphocytes posses’ spontaneous cytotoxicity towards various target cells mainly the malignant cells and virus infected cells. Their cytotoxicity is not antibody dependant. They bind to glycoprotein receptor of target cells and release cytolytic factor.


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