Neonatal NK-cell repertoires are functionally, but not structurally, biased toward recognition of self HLA class I

Blood

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5152-5156

  Schönberg, Kathrin ^a   Fischer, Johannes C ^a   Kögler, Gesine ^a   Uhrberg, Markus ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGRANULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 79955963944     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-02-334441     Document Type: Article

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