2B4 functions as a co-receptor in human NK cell activation

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 787-793

  Sivori, Simona ^a   Parolini, Silvia ^b   Falco, Michela ^c   Marcenaro, Emanuela ^a   Biassoni, Roberto ^c   Bottino, Cristina ^c   Moretta, Lorenzo ^a,c   Moretta, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activating receptor; Natural cytotoxicity; NK cell

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HLA B ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, CD; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONE CELLS; COS CELLS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; RECEPTORS, IGG; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034004887     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200003)30:3<787::AID-IMMU787>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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