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Catfish NK-like cells have been successfully cloned from alloantigen-stimulated PBL. These cells lysed not only the stimulating allogeneic cells, but also heterologous allogeneic targets. RT-PCR analysis did not detect catfish Igμ and TCR-α, -β, -γ transcripts, but revealed an F…

Channel catfish (CCF), Ictalurus punctatus, gut cells associated with innate or acquired immunity were characterized based on their reaction to monoclonal antibodies (mAb) using flow cytometry, histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, and enzyme staining techniques. Isolation of gu…