NK cell responsiveness is tuned commensurate with the number of inhibitory receptors for self-MHC class I: The rheostat model

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4572-4580

  Joncker, Nathalie T ^a   Fernandez, Nadine C ^a,c   Treiner, Emmanuel ^a,d   Vivier, Eric ^b   Raulet, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^c Centocor   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPLEEN CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249096787     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803900     Document Type: Article

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