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Analyses of phenotypic and functional characteristics of CX3CR1-expressing natural killer cells.
Immunology - 1 May 2011
Hamann Isabell, Unterwalder Nadine, Cardona Astrid E, Meisel Christian, Zipp Frauke, Ransohoff Richard M, Infante-Duarte Carmen
Abstract excerpt
We previously demonstrated a correlation between the frequency of CX3CR1-expressing human natural killer (NK) cells and disease activity in multiple sclerosis and showed that CX3CR1(high) NK cells were more cytotoxic than their CX3CR1(neg/low) counterparts. Here we aimed to determine whether human NK cell fractions defined by CX3CR1 represent distinct subtypes. Phenotypic and functional NK cell analyses revealed...
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