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NK cells in self-limited HCV infection exhibit a more extensively differentiated, but not memory-like, repertoire.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Nov 2017
de Groen R A, Groothuismink Z M A, van Oord G, Kootstra N A, Janssen H L A, Prins M, Schinkel J, Boonstra A
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells have long been thought of as a purely innate immune cell population, but increasing reports have described developmental and functional qualities of NK cells that are commonly associated with cells of the adaptive immune system. Of these features, the ability of NK cells to acquire functional qualities associated with immunological memory and continuous differentiation resulting in the...
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