Natural killer cell responses to infections in early life

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 280-288

  Guilmot, Aline ^a   Hermann, Emmanuel ^b   Braud, Véronique M ^c   Carlier, Yves ^a   Truyens, Carine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Early life; Immaturity; Infant; Infectious disease; Natural killer cell; Newborn; Trypanosoma cruzi; Virus

Indexed keywords

BETA2 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P35; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHILD; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 79955099971     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323934     Document Type: Review

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