The role of NKT cells in animal models of autoimmune hepatitis

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-473

  Dennert, Gunther ^a   Aswad, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; HCV; Liver; NKT cells; P2X7 receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; CONCANAVALIN A; PURINE P2X7 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CELL POPULATION; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33751252811     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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