IL-18-induced expression of high-affinity IL-2R on murine NK cells is essential for NK-cell IFN-γ production during murine Plasmodium yoelii infection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3431-3440

  Stegmann, Kerstin A ^a   De Souza, J Brian ^a,b   Riley, Eleanor M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD25; IL 12; IL 18; Malaria; NK cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; IL2RA PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM YOELII INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN CELL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLASMODIUM YOELII; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2;

EID: 84952639580     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201546018     Document Type: Article

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