Activation Mechanisms of Natural Killer Cells during Influenza Virus Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hwang, Ilwoong ^a   Scott, Jeannine M ^a   Kakarla, Tejaswi ^a   Duriancik, David M ^b   Choi, Seohyun ^a   Cho, Chunghwan ^a   Lee, Taehyung ^a   Park, Hyojin ^a   French, Anthony R ^c   Beli, Eleni ^b   Gardner, Elizabeth ^b   Kim, Sungjin ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME B; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-12; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

MUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84871769616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051858     Document Type: Article

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