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SUBMITTER: Fu Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6378215 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fu Qiang Q Man Xuejing X Wang Xin X Song Nannan N Li Yuanbin Y Xue Jiangnan J Sun Yufei Y Lin Wei W
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 20181208 3
Natural killer (NK) cells have been reported to play a pathological role in autoimmune uveitis. However, the mechanisms regarding NK cells in uveitis and factors that affect NK-cell activation in this condition remain unclear. Here, we report that the number of CD3<sup>-</sup> NK1.1<sup>+</sup> CD83<sup>+</sup> CCR7<sup>+</sup> cells is increased in the inflamed eyes within a mouse model of experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), and these cells express elevated levels of NKG2D, CD69 and IFN-γ. A ...[more]