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Healthy Neonates Possess a CD56-Negative NK Cell Population with Reduced Anti-Viral Activity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Jacobson Amanda, Bell Frank, Lejarcegui Nicholas, Mitchell Caroline, Frenkel Lisa, Horton Helen
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BACKGROUND: Neonatal Natural Killer (NK) cells show functional impairment and expansion of a CD56 negative population of uncertain significance. METHODS: NK cells were isolated from cord blood and from adult donors. NK subpopulations were identified as positive or negative for the expression of CD56 and characterized for expression of granzyme B and surface markers by multi-parameter flow cytometry. Cell function...
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