Potential role of NKG2D and its ligands in organ transplantation: New target for immunointervention

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Suarez Alvarez B ^a   Lopez Vazquez A ^a   Baltar, J M ^a   Ortega, F ^a,b   Lopez Larrea C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b Section of Nephrology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic rejection; Alloantibodies; Immunosuppression; MICA; NKG2D; Solid organ transplantation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; LIGAND; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; PROTEIN MICA; PROTEIN MICB; PROTEIN ULBPS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLOGRAFT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRESS; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY K; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 58849160011     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02526.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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