CD57 and CD56: Are They Reduced in Lyme Disease? Bartonella? Other Causes? Infection Expert on Only Tick and Flea Infections Replies
These are reduced in Lyme and Bartonella and many other things. CD56 and CD57 are surface markers found on immune cells, primarily Natural Killer (NK) cells and T cells, but also on some tumors like neuroendocrine ones. CD56 (NCAM) signifies NK cell presence and neural origin, while CD57 marks terminally differentiated, highly cytotoxic (tumor cell killing) NK cells and T cells, […]