Loss of CCR7 Expression on CD56bright NK Cells Is Associated with a CD56dimCD16+ NK Cell-Like Phenotype and Correlates with HIV Viral Load

Henoch S. Hong; Fareed Ahmad; Johanna M. Eberhard; Nupur Bhatnagar; Benjamin A. Bollmann; Phillip Keudel; Matthias Ballmaier; Margot Zielinska-Skowronek; Reinhold E. Schmidt; Dirk Meyer-Olson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044820

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Loss of CCR7 Expression on CD56^bright NK Cells Is Associated with a CD56^dimCD16⁺ NK Cell-Like Phenotype and Correlates with HIV Viral Load

Henoch S. Hong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Henoch S. Hong, Fareed Ahmad

Affiliations Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, Division of Immunology, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Fareed Ahmad ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Henoch S. Hong, Fareed Ahmad

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Johanna M. Eberhard,

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Nupur Bhatnagar,

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Benjamin A. Bollmann,

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Phillip Keudel,

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Matthias Ballmaier,

Affiliation Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Margot Zielinska-Skowronek,

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Reinhold E. Schmidt,

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Dirk Meyer-Olson

* E-mail: meyer.dirk@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Loss of CCR7 Expression on CD56^bright NK Cells Is Associated with a CD56^dimCD16⁺ NK Cell-Like Phenotype and Correlates with HIV Viral Load

Henoch S. Hong,
Fareed Ahmad,
Johanna M. Eberhard,
Nupur Bhatnagar,
Benjamin A. Bollmann,
Phillip Keudel,
Matthias Ballmaier,
Margot Zielinska-Skowronek,
Reinhold E. Schmidt,
Dirk Meyer-Olson

Published: September 19, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044820

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