NK cells use perforin rather than granulysin for anticryptococcal activity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3357-3365

  Ma, Ling Ling ^a   Wang, Christopher L C ^a   Neely, Graham G ^a   Epelman, Slava ^a   Krensky, Alan M ^b   Mody, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULYSIN; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 4344664430     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.5.3357     Document Type: Article

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