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Fractalkine Elicits Chemotactic, Phenotypic, and Functional Effects on CX3CR1+CD27- NK Cells in Obesity-Associated Cancer.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2021
Mylod Eimear, Melo Ashanty M, Donlon Noel E, Davern Maria, Bhardwaj Anshul, Reynolds John V, Lysaght Joanne, Conroy Melissa J
Abstract excerpt
Esophagogastric adenocarcinomas (EAC) are obesity-associated malignancies underpinned by severe immune dysregulation and inflammation. Our previous work indicates that NK cells migrate to EAC omentum, where they undergo phenotypic and functional alterations and apoptosis. In this study, we investigate whether such erroneous chemotaxis to omentum is paralleled by compromised NK cell infiltration of EAC patient...
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