The analysis of the natural killer-like activity of human cytolytic T lymphocytes revealed HLA-E as a novel target for TCR α/β-mediated recognition

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3687-3693

  Pietra, Gabriella ^a   Romagnani, Chiara ^a   Falco, Michela ^a,b   Vitale, Massimo ^c   Castriconi, Roberta ^a   Pende, Daniela ^c   Millo, Enrico ^a   Anfossi, Simone ^c   Biassoni, Roberto ^c   Moretta, Lorenzo ^a,b   Mingari, Maria Cristina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CTL; HLA class I specific inhibitory NK receptor; HLA E; NK like activity; TCR

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; LIGAND; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CELL ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TARGET CELL; TUMOR CELL;

BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0035664193     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200112)31:12<3687::AID-IMMU3687>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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