The Secretion of IL-22 from Mucosal NKp44⁺ NK Cells Is Associated with Microbial Translocation and Virus Infection in SIV/SHIV-Infected Chinese Macaques

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Number of and IL-22 secretion from mucosal natural killer (NK)p44⁺ NK cells increased in the early acute phase before occurrence of microbial translocation (MT). (a) Number of mucosal NKp44⁺ NK cells (upper left quadrant) at the early acute phase of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. (b) IL-22 or IFN-γ secretion of mucosal NKp44⁺ NK cells during early acute phase of SIV infection.

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