Dual function of the NK cell receptor 2B4 (CD244) in the regulation of HCV-specific CD8+ T cells

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Schlaphoff, Verena ^a   Lunemann, Sebastian ^a   Suneetha, Pothakamuri Venkata ^a   Jaroszewicz, Jerzy ^a   Grabowski, Jan ^a   Dietz, Julia ^b   Helfritz, Fabian ^a   Bektas, Hueseyin ^a   Sarrazin, Christoph ^b   Manns, Michael Peter ^a   Cornberg, Markus ^a   Wedemeyer, Heiner ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR 2B4; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD244 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS ACTIVATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 79958076040     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002045     Document Type: Article

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