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If cancer cells are foreign and harmful to our body how come our immune system doesn't fight it?
Yes our immune system does fight it. These are the NK cells. NK cells naturally present Inhibitory R and NK R. Target cells do not present MHC but present the ligand for NKR. So although lignad on NK binds to NKR, there is no MHC to interact with inhibitory R. So NK cells do not receive inhibitory signal and attacks the cell (e.g. cancerous cell). But at times there may be cancer cells undetected, which is why our immune system can't 'sense' it.
How a natural killer cells don't kill own or self cell because NK cells are non specific in nature?
How a natural killer cells don't kill own or self cell because NK cells are non specific in nature
Perforins are cytolytic chemicals used by NK cells?
Perforins are toxic chemicals that punch holes into the cell membrane of an infected cell to lyse the cell
How can cancer cells and virus infected body cells be killed before activation of adaptive immunity?
NK cell
When was NK Novalja created?
NK Novalja was created in 1993.
When was NK Opatija created?
NK Opatija was created in 1911.
When was NK Karlovac created?
NK Karlovac was created in 1919.
When was NK Nosteria created?
NK Nosteria was created in 1921.
When was NK Zadar created?
NK Zadar was created in 1949.
When was NK Nedelišće created?
NK Nedelišće was created in 1946.
When was NK Vrbovec created?
NK Vrbovec was created in 1924.
When was NK Rudeš created?
NK Rudeš was created in 1957.
