Impact of polysialylated CD56 on natural killer cell cytotoxicity
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Siglec-7, a sialic acid binding inhibitory receptor expressed by NK cells is masked <it>in vivo </it>by a so far unknown ligand. It shows a strong binding prevalence for α-2,8-linked disialic acids <it>in vitro</...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Immunology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/8/13 |