NKG2D engagement of colorectal cancer-specific T cells strengthens TCR-mediated antigen stimulation and elicits TCR independent anti-tumor activity

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2033-2043

  Maccalli, Cristina ^a   Pende, Daniela ^b   Castelli, Chiara ^a   Mingari, Maria Cristina ^b   Robbins, Paul F ^c   Parmiani, Giorgio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Costimulation; NG2D receptors; T lymphocytes; Tumor immunity

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LIGAND; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTORS;

ALLELE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CLONING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURFACE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET CELL; TUMOR IMMUNITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0042467770     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323909     Document Type: Article

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