Cell biological steps and checkpoints in accessing NK cell cytotoxicity

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-255

  MacE, Emily M ^a   Dongre, Prachi ^a   Hsu, Hsiang Ting ^a   Sinha, Papiya ^a   James, Ashley M ^a   Mann, Shaina S ^a   Forbes, Lisa R ^a   Watkin, Levi B ^a   Orange, Jordan S ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cytotoxicity; innate immunity; natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; CD2 ANTIGEN; CORTACTIN; F ACTIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; IQ MOTIF CONTAINING GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; PERFORIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EFFECTOR CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNORECEPTOR TYROSINE BASED INHIBITION MOTIF; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID RAFT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TARGET CELL; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL;

EID: 84899411031     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2013.96     Document Type: Review

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