Natural killer cells and nitric oxide

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1513-1524

  Cifone, M Grazia ^a   Ulisse, Salvatore ^a   Santoni, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell activation; Natural killer cells; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KILLING; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 0034935674     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(01)00095-9     Document Type: Review

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