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Natural killer cells, adhesion and tumor angiogenesis

Angiogenic factors regulate adhesion of activated natural killer cells to the tumor vasculature (pages 992-997).

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Ferrara, N. Natural killer cells, adhesion and tumor angiogenesis. Nat Med 2, 971–972 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0996-971

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