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Immunology

the process by which natural killer cells gain functional competence only after their inhibitory receptors engage self MHC.

In immunology, NK cell licensing refers to the process by which natural killer cells gain functional competence only after their inhibitory receptors engage self MHC. This meaning comes from Kim (2005) in Nature.[1]

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Kim, S., Poursine-Laurent, J., Truscott, S. M., Lybarger, L., Song, Y., Yang, L., French, A. R., Sunwoo, J. B., Lemieux, S., Hansen, T. H., & Yokoyama, W. M. (2005). Licensing of natural killer cells by host major histocompatibility complex class I molecules. Nature, 436(7051), 709-713. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03847

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