Research Article

The Toll-Like Receptor 3 Agonist Polyriboinosinic Polyribocytidylic Acid Increases the Numbers of NK Cells with Distinct Phenotype in the Liver of B6 Mice

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Influence of NK cell deficiency on the effect of poly(I:C) on the frequency of NK cells. Naïve C57BL/6 mice and NK-depleted mice ( mice/group) were treated with 200 μg poly(I:C) and then sacrificed 4 hours post injection. Single-cell suspensions were prepared of PBL and liver and stained with antibodies against NK1.1, CD11b, and CD3 and analyzed by 3-color flow cytometry. (a) The frequencies of NKT cells (CD3+NK1.1+) cells and CD3-NK1.1+ cells. (b, c) The frequencies of NK1.1-CD11b+ and NK1.1+CD11b+ cells.