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Phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of human NK cells developing after umbilical cord blood transplantation: a role for human cytomegalovirus?
Blood - 12 Jan 2012
Della Chiesa Mariella, Falco Michela, Podestà Marina, Locatelli Franco, Moretta Lorenzo, Frassoni Francesco, Moretta Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells play a crucial role in early immunity after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation because they are the first lymphocyte subset recovering after the allograft. In this study, we analyzed the development of NK cells after intrabone umbilical cord blood (CB) transplantation in 18 adult patients with hematologic malignancies. Our data indicate that, also in this transplantation setting, NK...
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