Expression of ligands for activating natural killer cell receptors on cell lines commonly used to assess natural killer cell function

Abstract Background Natural killer cell responses to virally-infected or transformed cells depend on the integration of signals received through inhibitory and activating natural killer cell receptors. Human Leukocyte Antigen null cells are used in vitro to stimulate natural killer cell activation t...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Tremblay-McLean, Sita Coenraads, Zahra Kiani, Franck P. Dupuy, Nicole F. Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Immunology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12865-018-0272-x