Suppression of Natural Killer Cell Activity by Regulatory NKT10 Cells Aggravates Alcoholic Hepatosteatosis

We and others have found that the functions of hepatic natural killer (NK) cells are inhibited but invariant NKT (iNKT) cells become activated after alcohol drinking, leaving a possibility that there exists interplay between NK cells and iNKT cells during alcoholic liver disease. Here, in a chronic...

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Main Authors: Kele Cui, Guoxiu Yan, Xiaodong Zheng, Li Bai, Haiming Wei, Rui Sun, Zhigang Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01414/full