TGF-β is responsible for NK cell immaturity during ontogeny and increased susceptibility to infection during mouse infancy

Nature Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 843-850

  Marcoe, Jeffrey P ^a   Lim, James R ^a   Schaubert, Keri L ^a   Fodil Cornu, Nassima ^b   Matka, Marsel ^a   McCubbrey, Alexandra L ^a   Farr, Alexander R ^a   Vidal, Silvia M ^b   Laouar, Yasmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 2; LEUKOSIALIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STEM CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84865407523     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2388     Document Type: Article

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