Conditional ablation of NKp46+ cells using a novel Ncr1greenCre mouse strain: NK cells are essential for protection against pulmonary B16 metastases

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3380-3391

  Merzoug, Leila Ben ^a,b,c   Marie, Solenne ^a,b   Satoh Takayama, Naoko ^a,b   Lesjean, Sarah ^a,b,f   Albanesi, Marcello ^a,b   Luche, Hervé ^d,e   Fehling, Hans Jörg ^e   Santo, James P ^a,b   Vosshenrich, Christian A J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^e Aix Marseille University UMS3367   (France)

^f Bordeaux Institute of Oncology   (France)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; NK cells; NKp46+ cells; Transgenic mouse model; Tumor immunology

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IL2RG PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; LY ANTIGEN; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1; NCR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG TUMOR; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, LY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR COMMON GAMMA SUBUNIT; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1;

EID: 84916918680     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444643     Document Type: Article

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