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| GoodGirl
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CD 56, NK cell marker.
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| sfk
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why not CD16?
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| GoodGirl
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CD 16 is Fc receptor on NK cells, so to activate NK you need Ig. And you can find it on macrophages and mast cells too. Compare to CD 56 which represents NK ( you can see it only here). And as you know Babesia attacks RBCells, is an intracellular parasite, which lack MHC 1 , so can not be lysed Tc.
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very nice explanation..
one more thought, as NK cells identify cells without MHC-I, how do RBC's normally stay protected from the action of NK cells?
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