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Research Group Normal and Malignant Stem Cells

Andreas Trumpp
Group Leader

NK cells (red) attack normal leukemia cells (green). Leukemia stem cells (blue), on the other hand, suppress NKG2DL expression at their surface and thus escape destruction by the immune system. © Schürch/Lengerke, University and University Hospital of Basel
NK cells (red) attack normal leukemia cells (green). Leukemia stem cells (blue), on the other hand, suppress NKG2DL expression at their surface and thus escape destruction by the immune system. © Schürch/Lengerke, University and University Hospital of Basel

Paczulla, A.M., Rothfelder, K., Raffel, S., Konantz, M., Steinbacher, J., Wang, H., Tandler, C., Mbarga, M., Schaefer, T., Falcone, M., Nievergall, E., Dörfel, D., Hanns, P., Passweg, J.R., Lutz, C., Schwaller, J., Zeiser, R., Blazar, B.R., Caligiuri, M.A., Dirnhofer, S., Lundberg, P., Kanz, L., Quintanilla-Martinez, L., Steinle, A., Trumpp, A.*, Salih, H.R.*, & Lengerke, C.* (2019). Absence of NKG2D ligands defines leukaemia stem cells and mediates their immune evasion. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1410-1
*: joint senior authorship

Research Watch at Cancer Discovery on this article: PARP1 Inhibition Overcomes Immune Escape of Leukemic Stem Cells from NK cells

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