# NK cells and cancer: you can teach innate cells new tricks

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## TL;DR

Paper cited by one pathway page, indexed on Europe PMC as PubMed record 26694935 and published in Nature Reviews Cancer; the citing page links this DOI, which is how the record was matched.

## Summary

Natural killer (NK) cells are the prototype innate lymphoid cells endowed with potent cytolytic function that provide host defence against microbial infection and tumours. Here, we review evidence for the role of NK cells in immune surveillance against cancer and highlight new therapeutic approaches for targeting NK cells in the treatment of cancer.

Indexed on Europe PMC as PubMed record 26694935 (DOI 10.1038/nrc.2015.5). Matched by DOI alone: one pathway page cites this DOI among its external links (the pages are listed under Related), and this page was written so that the citation resolves inside OnCo. No figure has been checked by an editor.

## Fields

- Kind: Key paper
- Last checked: 2026-09-22
- Tags: europepmc-ingest
- Journal: Nature Reviews Cancer
- Year: 2016
- DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2015.5
- Authors: Morvan MG, Lanier LL
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## Sources

- Nat Rev Cancer 2016: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc.2015.5
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26694935/
- Europe PMC: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/26694935

## Connected records

- pathways: [NK-cell recognition: missing self & stress ligands](https://onco.cc/pathways/nk-cell-recognition/)
- journals: [Nature Reviews Cancer](https://onco.cc/journals/nature-reviews-cancer/)

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