Salivary Gland NK Cells Are Phenotypically and Functionally Unique

Natural killer (NK) cells and CD8(+) T cells play vital roles in containing and eliminating systemic cytomegalovirus (CMV). However, CMV has a tropism for the salivary gland acinar epithelial cells and persists in this organ for several weeks after primary infection. Here we characterize a distinct...

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Autores principales: Tessmer, Marlowe S., Reilly, Emma C., Brossay, Laurent
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21249177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001254

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21249177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001254

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