Abstract
The in vitro culture system outlined in this chapter allows for the delineation of events that occur during the development of CD34(+) hematopoietic precursor cells into mature KIR(+) human NK cells. This system can also be utilized to study the effects of gene overexpression or knockdown on the process of NK cell differentiation through retroviral transduction and long-term culture. The necessary soluble factors and contact-dependent conditions for in vitro human NK cell development have been worked out in our laboratory over the past 16 years.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 15-26 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) |
Volume | 612 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |