NK cells in autoimmunity: A two-edg'd weapon of the immune system

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-390

  Perricone, Roberto ^a   Perricone, Carlo ^a   De Carolis, Caterina ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Autoimmunity; Innate immunity; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 43649094980     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2008.03.002     Document Type: Review

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