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Neuroendocrine control of natural killer cell function through the checkpoint molecule PD-1

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Fig. 1: Regulation of spleen immunopathology by NK cells during MCMV infection involves HPA-GC-PD-1 axis.

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Devulder, J., Tsicopoulos, A. & Duez, C. Neuroendocrine control of natural killer cell function through the checkpoint molecule PD-1. Cell Mol Immunol 16, 109–111 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-018-0180-2

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