NCR2 and acute myeloid leukemia: To summarize, we show that a specific alternative splice variant of the NCR2 gene, namely the NKp44-1, is associated with poor survival of AML patients and that the balance between NKp44 isoforms NKp44-1 and NKp44-3 can lead to diverse function of NK cells and influence the outcome of the NK cell/target cell synapse formation.