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Nonclassical NK cell education

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Diseased host cells are eliminated more effectively when natural killer cells grow up in the presence of classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. The nonclassical MHC class I molecule H2-M3 can exert an analogous effect.

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Figure 1: Variability in the responsiveness of Ly49A+ NK cells.

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Held, W. Nonclassical NK cell education. Nat Immunol 13, 1135–1137 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.2470

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