Fat “Shield” Protects Immune Cells and Some Cancers From Destruction
A 3-dimensional model of a natural killer cell (purple) with granules (yellow) attaching to a target cell (gray). A pseudo color scale shows differences in packing density of lipids on NK cell membrane, with warmer colors indicating higher density. Credit: Orange lab, CUIMCA recently uncovered fat 'guard' that avoids natural killer cells from being...