Bovine natural killer cells

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 163-177

  Boysen, Preben ^a   Storset, Anne K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibody dependent cell cytotoxicity; Bovine; Cattle; CD335; Cellular; Cytotoxicity; Immunity; Immunogenetics; Innate immunity; Interferon gamma; Lymphocytes; Lymphokine activated killer cells; Natural cytotoxicity; Natural killer cells; NKp46

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LECTIN RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P46;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELL CYTOTOXICITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFECTION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, NATURAL KILLER CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 67649668636     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.02.017     Document Type: Review

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