NK cells - Versatile tools for viral defense and cancer treatment

Abstract

About 150 NK cell researchers met at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany from 26-28 September 2012 for the Natural Killer Cell Symposium which was organized by the NK cell study group of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI) and sponsored by the European Journal of Immunology (EJI), the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) and the DGfI. The meeting was a forum for the discussion of the function and regulation of these fascinating innate immune cells and the opportunities for the transfer of this knowledge to cancer immunotherapy. © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.