{
  "id": 18154428,
  "title": "Polygenic polymorphisms cooperate to drive expansion of HCMV adaptive NK cell and NK-like T cell populations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/polygenic-polymorphisms-cooperate-to-drive-expansion-of-hcmv-adaptive",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.02.763083v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection drives the expansion of several innate and innate-like lymphocyte populations. Characterized by high cell surface expression of NKG2C, these populations include the adaptive CD56+ Fc{epsilon}RI{gamma}- NK cell, an NK-like TCR{beta}+CD8+ T cell population and a V{gamma}9/V{delta}1+ T cells. Beyond NKG2C expression, both the adaptive NK cell and the NK-like T…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}