The human liver contains multiple populations of NK cells, T cells, and CD3+CD56+ natural T cells with distinct cytotoxic activities and Th1, Th2, and Th0 cytokine secretion patterns

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2314-2321

  Doherty, Derek G ^a,b   Norris, Suzanne ^a,c   Madrigal Estebas, Laura ^a,d   McEntee, Gerry ^a   Traynor, Oscar ^a   Hegarty, John E ^a   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033566963     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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