positive regulation of natural killer cell differentiation

I. Involved cell types

Genes
Cell types
No. of supported studies
Group 1
AXLSTAT5BZBTB1GAS6
macrophagemicroglial cell
6 studies
Group 2
RASGRP1TOX
glutamatergic neuronlymphocyteT cell
13 studies
Group 3
IL15RA
connective tissue cellepithelial cellB cellendothelial cell
5 studies
Group 4
IL15
macrophagedendritic cell
8 studies

II. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Interactors
Protein name
Directionality
Classification
1GAS6-AXLGAS6_HUMAN - UFO_HUMANLigand-ReceptorSignaling by Growth arrest
2IL15-IL15RA+IL2RBIL15_HUMAN - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Interleukin

III. Literature review

[source]
Namepositive regulation of natural killer cell differentiation
IDGO_0032825
collection_id

Biological process

Exact synonym

positive regulation of NK cell differentiation, up regulation of natural killer cell differentiation, up-regulation of natural killer cell differentiation, upregulation of natural killer cell differentiation

Description

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of natural killer cell differentiation.

Related synonym

positive regulation of natural killer cell development

Comment

Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.

External URL
Genes
AXLTOXGAS6ZBTB1RASGRP1IL15IL15RASTAT5B