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Natural killer cells in free-living Mus musculus have a primed phenotype.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2011
Boysen Preben, Eide Dag M, Storset Anne K
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Recent reports have shown that natural killer (NK) cells may be long-lived, possess memory-like features and may need microbial priming to become fully reactive. Thus, the notion that these cells are typically innate, nonadaptive lymphocytes has been challenged. If microbial priming is essential for functional maturity, it is necessary to raise the question whether NK cells of laboratory mice, kept under strict...
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