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Natural killer cells in HIV-1 infection: dichotomous effects of viremia on inhibitory and activating receptors and their functional correlates.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Dec 2003
Mavilio Domenico, Benjamin Janet, Daucher Marybeth, Lombardo Gabriella, Kottilil Shyam, Planta Marie A, Marcenaro Emanuela, Bottino Cristina, Moretta Lorenzo, Moretta Alessandro, Fauci Anthony S
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells play a central role in host defense against various pathogens. Functional defects of NK cells in HIV-1 infection as a direct effect of abnormal expression or function of inhibitory NK receptors (iNKRs), activating natural cytotoxicity receptors (NCRs), and NKG2D have not yet been described. This study demonstrates an expansion of the functionally defective CD56-/CD16+ population of NK...
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