NK cells promote transplant tolerance by killing donor antigen-presenting cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 203, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1851-1858

  Yu, Guang ^a   Xu, Xuemin ^a   Minh, Diem Vu ^a   Kilpatrick, Elizabeth D ^a   Xian, Chang Li ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33746879540     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20060603     Document Type: Article

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