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. 2016 Jun 10;38(6):635–649. doi: 10.1007/s00281-016-0574-0

Table 2.

The major differences between human peripheral NK cells and uNK cells

Peripheral NK cells Uterine NK cells
(90 %) (10 %)
CD56dim CD56bright CD56bright
CD16+ CD16 CD16
Cytotoxic Non-cytotoxic Low cytotoxicity
Granular Non-granular, cytokine producing Granular
LFA1+ CCR7+
Perforin+ granzyme+ Perforin+ granzyme+