Natural killer cell cytotoxicity is not regulated by folic acid in vitro

Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 772-776

  Hirsch, Sandra ^a   Miranda, Dante ^a   Muñoz, Estefanía ^a   Montoya, Margarita ^b   Ronco, Ana María ^a   de la Maza, María Pía ^a   Bunout, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Folic acid; KIRs; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL3; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL4; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY PURIFIED NATURAL KILLER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TARGET CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD56; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, IGG; RECEPTORS, NATURAL KILLER CELL; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84876326792     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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