Blood donation leads to a decrease in natural killer cell activity: a study in normal blood donors and cancer patients

Natural Killer Cells: Their Roles in Defenses Against Disease

1981 • 1,353 citations

Postoperative infection and natural killer cell function following blood transfusion in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery

1992 • 565 citations

Natural killer cell depletion enhances virus synthesis and virus-induced hepatitis in vivo.

1983 • 393 citations

Spontaneous human lymphocyte‐mediated cytotoxicity againts tumour target cells. I. The effect of malignant disease

1976 • 258 citations

Hemorrhage Without Tissue Trauma Produces Immunosuppression and Enhances Susceptibility to Sepsis

1987 • 220 citations

The Prognostic Significance of Natural Killer Cytotoxicity in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

1987 • 182 citations

The Development of New Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Cancer Using Interleukin-2

1988 • 181 citations

Perioperative blood transfusion has prognostic significance for breast cancer.

1985 • 162 citations

Relationship Between Metastatic Potential and Resistance to Natural Killer Cellmediated Cytotoxicity in Three Murine Tumor Systems2, 3

1981 • 142 citations

Transfusion and host defenses against cancer recurrence and infection

1989 • 128 citations

Opportunistic infections in acquired immune deficiency syndrome result from synergistic defects of both the natural and adaptive components of cellular immunity.

1986 • 120 citations

Carcinoma of the colon and rectum: Circulating malignant cells and five-year survival

1973 • 117 citations

IDENTIFICATION OF UNRESPONSIVE KIDNEY-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

1972 • 101 citations

Blood Transfusions and Survival After Surgery for Breast Cancer

1984 • 100 citations

In vivo treatment with monoclonal antibody 3.2.3 selectively eliminates natural killer cells in rats.

1990 • 89 citations

Cell mediated lympholysis: CML. A microplate technique requiring few target cells and employing a new method of supernatant collection

1977 • 71 citations

Blood transfusion and disease‐free survival in carcinoma of the breast

1984 • 70 citations

Autologous blood transfusions. Council on Scientific Affairs

1986 • 64 citations

Effect of perioperative blood loss and perioperative blood transfusions on colorectal cancer survival

1988 • 49 citations

Blood transfusion and allograft survival: is mixed chimerism the solution for tolerance induction in clinical transplantation?

1991 • 43 citations

Feasibility of a Predeposit Autologous Blood Donation Program in Colorectal Cancer Patients: Results from a Randomized Clinical Study

1992 • 30 citations

Consequences of blood loss on growth of artificial metastases

1988 • 29 citations

The effect of blood donation on natural killer activity in man.

1987 • 21 citations

The Evaluation of Serial Measurements of the NK Cell Activity in Man

1983 • 20 citations

Investigation of the effect of long‐term whole blood donation on immunologic parameters

1992 • 19 citations

The influence of blood loss on tumour growth: effect and mechanism in an experimental model.

1991 • 11 citations