ImmunologyEmerging Microbes & InfectionsPeer-reviewed
SARS-CoV-2 modulates NK cell responses via induction of HLA-E and triggers expansion of adaptive NK cells during acute infection
Mohammad Zahidul Hasan, Maren Claus, Nadine Krüger…·Lutz Walter
This study shows SARS-CoV-2 increases HLA-E expression via spike protein processing, modulating NK cell function by affecting canonical and adaptive NK cells differently during acute infection.
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