Cutting edge: Role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in inhibiting NK cell activity and preserving immune privilege

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5693-5696

  Apte, R S ^a   Sinha, D ^b   Mayhew, E ^a   Wistow, G J ^b   Niederkorn, J Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOLYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KILLER CELL; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 0032526635     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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