Innate‐like CD8+ T‐cells and NK cells: converging functions and phenotypes |
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| Authors: | Ayako Kurioka Paul Klenerman Christian B. Willberg |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;2. NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK |
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| Abstract: | New data in the worlds of both innate‐like CD8+ T‐cells and natural killer (NK) cells have, in parallel, clarified some of the phenotypes of these cells and also their associated functions. While these cells are typically viewed entirely separately, the emerging innate functions of T‐cells and, similarly, the adaptive functions of NK cells suggest that many behaviours can be considered in parallel. In this review we compare the innate functions of CD8+ T‐cells (especially mucosal‐associated invariant T‐cells) and those of NK cells, and how these relate to expression of phenotypic markers, especially CD161 and CD56. |
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| Keywords: | CD8+ T‐cell innate‐like T‐cell mucosal‐associated invariant T‐cell NK cell |
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