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Article: Research from National Institutes of Health in the area of endocytosis published.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- June 6, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes generally recognized as sentinels of the innate immune system due to their inherent capacity to deal with diseased ( stressed) cells, including malignant and infected. This ability to recognize many potentially pathogenic situations is due to the expression of a diverse panel of activation receptors."
"Because NK cell activation triggers an aggressive inflammatory response, it is important to have a means of throttling this response. Hence, NK cells also express a panel of inhibitory receptors that recognize ligands expressed by ''normal'' cells. Little or nothing is ...
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