Variation of human natural killer cell phenotypes with age: Identification of a unique KLRG1-negative subset

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 676-681

  Hayhoe, Richard P G ^a   Henson, Sian M ^b   Akbar, Arne N ^b   Palmer, Donald B ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Immunosenescence; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR G1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-15; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYSOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953914911     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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