Pumping up immunity: exercise flexes memory NK cell attack
In this issue of Blood Advances, Batatinha et al 1 identify that aerobic exercise prior to blood natural killer (NK) cell collection enhances the function of cytokine-activated and memory-like (CIML or ML) NK cells, manifesting as improved in vitro and in vivo killing of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (see figure).
Authors
- Todd A. Fehniger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8705-2887)
- Emily K. Phillips
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Blood Advances
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2025019371
- Primary Topic
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00