Interference with KCTD9 inhibits NK cell activation and ameliorates fulminant liver failure in mice

Abstract Background Potassium channel tetramerisation domain containing 9 (KCTD9), a member of KCTD family with a DNA-like pentapeptide repeat domain, was found to be increased particularly in NK cells of patients with HBV-induced acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF) and experimental viral fulm...

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Main Authors: Xiaoping Zhang, Lin Zhu, Yaoyong Zhou, Aichao Shi, Hongwu Wang, Meifang Han, Xiaoyang Wan, Semvua Bukheti Kilonzo, Xiaoping Luo, Tao Chen, Qin Ning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Immunology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12865-018-0256-x