Identification of the rat NKG2D ligands, RAE1L and RRLT, and their role in allograft rejection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1748-1757

  Zhuo, Ming ^a   Fujiki, Masato ^a   Wang, Mouer ^a   Piard Ruster, Karine ^a   Wai, Lu En ^a   Wei, Liang ^a   Martinez, Olivia M ^a   Krams, Sheri M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver; NK cells; Transplant

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; GRAFT REJECTION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77953320117     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939779     Document Type: Article

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