Activation of natural killer cells during microbial infections

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Horowitz, Amir ^a,b   Stegmann, Kerstin A ^a   Riley, Eleanor M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Infection, Activation; NK Cells; Parasites; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861686094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2011.00088     Document Type: Review

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