Breast cancer bone metastasis and bone metastatic cells retain NKG2DLs intracellularly: could this be a strategy to evade immune recognition?

Front Cell Dev Biol · 2026 · PMC12886486 · PMID 41675450

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Conversely, MCF7 cells retained approximately 44.5% of undigested MICA/B following PNGase F treatment; however, this difference did not reach statistical significance ( Figure 5B ).

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