Variable receptors controlling activation and inhibition of NK cells.

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Summary

Once considered relatively homogeneous, NK cells are now seen to be highly diverse, and expression of different combinations of inhibitory and stimulatory receptors creates a diverse NK cell repertoire, which exhibits specificity in the immune response.

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review
Published
2002-10-01
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Keywords

Biology, Receptor, Effector, Immune receptor, Cell biology

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