Comparison of the quantities and subset distributions of natural killer cells among different races

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3272-3276

  Feng, Yan Meng ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Rui Jun ^b   Zhu, Hong ^b,e   Peng, Hong ^b   Zhou, Xiao Ping ^e   Hong, Kun Xue ^b   Liu, Jian Li ^e   Chen, Jian Ping ^b   Shao, Yi Ming ^a,b  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e Beijing Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Comparison; Different races; Natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY C;

EID: 79251504249     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.22.019     Document Type: Article

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