NLRC5 shields T lymphocytes from NK-cell-mediated elimination under inflammatory conditions

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ludigs, Kristina ^a   Jandus, Camilla ^a   Utzschneider, Daniel T ^b   Staehli, Francesco ^a,e   Bessoles, Stéphanie ^a,c,e   Dang, Anh Thu ^a   Rota, Giorgia ^a   Castro, Wilson ^a   Zehn, Dietmar ^b   Vivier, Eric ^c,d   Held, Werner ^a   Romero, Pedro ^a   Guarda, Greta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN NLRC5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; INTERFERON INDUCING AGENT; NLRC5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; RODENT; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARENAVIRUS INFECTION; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; CONGENIC STRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VERO CELL LINE;

LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON INDUCERS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLY I-C; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF TOLERANCE; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84958078140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10554     Document Type: Article

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