A distinct IL-18-induced pathway to fully activate NK T lymphocytes independently from TCR engagement

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5871-5876

  Leite de Moraes, Maria C ^a,b   Hameg, Agathe ^b   Arnould, Anne ^a   Machavoine, François ^a   Koezuka, Yasuhiko ^c   Schneider, Elke ^a   Herbelin, André ^b   Dy, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033485613     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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