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Characterization of cord blood natural killer cells: implications for transplantation and neonatal infections.
Pediatric research - 1 May 2005
Dalle Jean-Hugues, Menezes José, Wagner Eric, Blagdon Marie, Champagne Josette, Champagne Martin A, Duval Michel
Abstract excerpt
The role of natural killer (NK) cells in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and in the control of neonatal infections is not yet clear. Donor-versus-recipient NK cell alloreactivity was found to improve outcome in some settings of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We hypothesized that the role of NK cells in cord blood (CB) transplantation and neonatal infections may depend on CB NK cell maturation...
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