PMID- 37140380 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230629 LR - 20230702 IS - 1470-8752 (Electronic) IS - 0300-5127 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Jun 28 TI - The CD56-CD16+ NK cell subset in chronic infections. PG - 1201-1212 LID - 10.1042/BST20221374 [doi] AB - Long-term human diseases can shape the immune system, and natural killer (NK) cells have been documented to differentiate into distinct subsets specifically associated with chronic virus infections. One of these subsets found in large frequencies in HIV-1 are the CD56-CD16+ NK cells, and this population's association with chronic virus infections is the subject of this review. Human NK cells are classically defined by CD56 expression, yet increasing evidence supports the NK cell status of the CD56-CD16+ subset which we discuss herein. We then discuss the evidence linking CD56-CD16+ NK cells to chronic virus infections, and the potential immunological pathways that are altered by long-term infection that could be inducing the population's differentiation. An important aspect of NK cell regulation is their interaction with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class-I molecules, and we highlight work that indicates both virus and genetic-mediated variations in HLA expression that have been linked to CD56-CD16+ NK cell frequencies. Finally, we offer a perspective on CD56-CD16+ NK cell function, taking into account recent work that implies the subset is comparable to CD56+CD16+ NK cell functionality in antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity response, and the definition of CD56-CD16+ NK cell subpopulations with varying degranulation capacity against target cells. CI - (c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society. FAU - Cocker, Alexander T H AU - Cocker ATH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7162-0774 AD - Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. FAU - Guethlein, Lisbeth A AU - Guethlein LA AD - Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. FAU - Parham, Peter AU - Parham P AD - Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. LA - eng GR - R01 AI136952/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - England TA - Biochem Soc Trans JT - Biochemical Society transactions JID - 7506897 RN - 0 (CD56 Antigen) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgG) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Persistent Infection MH - CD56 Antigen/metabolism MH - Receptors, IgG/metabolism MH - Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism MH - *Virus Diseases/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD56-CD16+ OT - HIV-1 OT - NK cells OT - chronic virus OT - function OT - regulation EDAT- 2023/05/04 12:41 MHDA- 2023/06/29 06:43 CRDT- 2023/05/04 10:04 PHST- 2023/02/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/29 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/04 12:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/04 10:04 [entrez] AID - 233017 [pii] AID - 10.1042/BST20221374 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Soc Trans. 2023 Jun 28;51(3):1201-1212. doi: 10.1042/BST20221374.