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BERTHE , Aurelie

Last name: BERTHE

First name: Aurelie

July 2006 (v1)

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Human congenital infection with Trypanosoma cruzi induces phenotypic and functional modifications of cord blood NK cells.

Hermann, Emmanuel Alonso-Vega, Cristina Berthe, Aurelie

We studied the phenotype and activity of cord blood natural killer (NK) cells in newborns congenitally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. We found that the proportion of CD56(bright) NK cells was significantly decreased in cord blood from these newborns, suggesting they may have been recruited to secondary lymphoid organs. The remaining...

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