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NK cells are intrinsically functional in pigs with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) caused by spontaneous mutations in the Artemis gene.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 1 Jul 2016
Powell Ellis J, Cunnick Joan E, Knetter Susan M, Loving Crystal L, Waide Emily H, Dekkers Jack C M, Tuggle Christopher K
Abstract excerpt
We have identified Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in a line of Yorkshire pigs at Iowa State University. These SCID pigs lack B-cells and T-cells, but possess Natural Killer (NK) cells. This SCID phenotype is caused by recessive mutations in the Artemis gene. Interestingly, two human tumor cell lines, PANC-1 and A375-SM, survived after injection into these SCID pigs, but, as we demonstrate here, these...
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