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Unique subset of natural killer cells develops from progenitors in lymph node.
Blood - 15 Apr 2008
Veinotte Linnea L, Halim Timotheus Y F, Takei Fumio
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells have been thought to develop from committed progenitors in the bone marrow. However, a novel pathway of thymus-dependent NK-cell development that produces a unique subset of NK cells expressing CD127 has recently been reported. We now have identified 2 populations of NK progenitors, one in the thymus and the other in the lymph node (LN). Immature double-negative 2...
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