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A Novel Feeder-free System for Mass Production of Murine Natural Killer Cells In Vitro.

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Abstract
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Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the innate immune system and are a first-line anti-cancer immune defense; however, they are suppressed in the tumor microenvironment and the underlying mechanism is still largely unknown. The lack of a consistent and reliable source of NK cells limits the research progress of NK cell immunity. Here, we report an in vitro system that can provide high quality and quantity of bone marrow-derived murine NK cells under a feeder-free condition. More importantly, we also demonstrate that siRNA-mediated gene silencing successfully inhibits the E4bp4-dependent NK cell maturation by using this system. Thus, this novel in vitro NK cell differentiating system is a biomaterial solution for immunity research.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
Issue
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131
Date Published
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2018
URL
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/56785
DOI
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10.3791/56785
Short Title
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J Vis Exp
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