The role of invariant NKT cells in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-171

  Karadimitris, Anastasios ^a   Chaidos, Aristeidis ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute graft versus host disease; CD1d antigen; Graft versus leukemia effect; Immunotherapy; Invariant natural killer T cells; Regulatory T cells; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; CD1D ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PROTEIN BCL 2; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CHIMERA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DONOR; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW;

EID: 84860671177     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critrevimmunol.v32.i2.40     Document Type: Review

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