Natural killer cell functional dichotomy: a feature of chronic viral hepatitis?
Natural killer (NK) cells are involved in innate immune responses to viral infections either via direct cytotoxicity which destroys virus-infected cells or production of immunoregulatory cytokines which modulate adaptive immunity and directly inhibit virus replication. These functions are mediated b...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572686/ |