Human NK cells display important antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus, which is directly mediated by IFN-γ release

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1369-1376

  Bouzani, Maria ^a   Ok, Michael ^a   McCormick, Allison ^b   Ebel, Frank ^b   Kurzai, Oliver ^c,d   Morton, C Oliver ^e   Einsele, Hermann ^a   Loeffler, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME; PERFORIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEGRANULATION; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL DEGRANULATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; K562 CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 80051657716     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003593     Document Type: Article

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