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CD16-negative, CD56-bright natural killer cell

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NK cell that has the phenotype CD56-bright, CD16-negative, and CD84-positive with the function to secrete interferon-gamma but is not cytotoxic. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19796267 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22343568 ]

Term info

Label

CD16-negative, CD56-bright natural killer cell

Synonyms
  • CD16-CD56bright NK cell
  • CD16-negative, CD56-bright NK cell
  • CD56-bright cytokine secreting NK cell
  • CD56-bright cytokine secreting natural killer cell
comment

This cell type is compatible with the HIPC Lyoplate markers for 'CD16-CD56bright NK cell'. Markers are associated with human cell types.