A novel ligand on astrocytes interacts with natural cytotoxicity receptor NKp44 regulating immune response mediated by NK cells

• Kelly E. Bowen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly E. Bowen, Stephen O. Mathew

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Bluebird Bio, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Stephen O. Mathew ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly E. Bowen, Stephen O. Mathew

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Kathleen Borgmann,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Anuja Ghorpade,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

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• Porunelloor A. Mathew

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: porunelloor.mathew@unthsc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-0895

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