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The marginating-pulmonary immune compartment in rats: characteristics of continuous inflammation and activated NK cells.
Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) - 1 Jan 2010
Melamed Rivka, Rosenne Ella, Benish Marganit, Goldfarb Yael, Levi Ben, Ben-Eliyahu Shamgar
Abstract excerpt
A significant role has been indicated for cellular immunity in controlling circulating cancer cells, but most autologous tumor cells seem resistant, in vitro, to natural killer cell (NKC) and cytotoxic T lymphocytes cytotoxicity. Addressing this apparent contradiction, we recently identified a unique leukocyte population, marginating-pulmonary (MP)-leukocytes, which exhibit potent natural killer (NK)...
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