Natural killer cells and innate immunity to protozoan pathogens

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 1517-1528

  Korbel, Daniel S ^a   Finney, Olivia C ^b   Riley, Eleanor M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Malaria; Natural killer cell; Plasmodium; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODY;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALARIA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 12744273260     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.10.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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