NKp46 defines ovine cells that have characteristics corresponding to NK cells

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Natural killer (NK) cells are well recognized as playing a key role in innate immune defence through cytokine production and cytotoxic activity; additionally recent studies have identified several novel NK cell functions. The ability to study NK cells in the shee...

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Main Authors: Connelley Timothy, Storset Anne K, Pemberton Alan, MacHugh Niall, Brown Jeremy, Lund Hege, Morrison Ivan W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/42/1/37