Natural killer cells in asthma

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Karimi, Khalil ^a   Forsythe, Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Asthma exacerbation; Natural killer cells; Therapeutic potential of NK cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 25; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ASTHMA; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOLYSIS; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84883761840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00159     Document Type: Review

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