CXCR6 marks a novel subset of T-bet lo Eomes hi natural killer cells residing in human liver

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Stegmann, Kerstin A ^a   Robertson, Francis ^b   Hansi, Navjyot ^c   Gill, Upkar ^c   Pallant, Celeste ^a   Christophides, Theodoros ^a   Pallett, Laura J ^a   Peppa, Dimitra ^a   Dunn, Claire ^a   Fusai, Giuseppe ^b   Male, Victoria ^a   Davidson, Brian R ^b   Kennedy, Patrick ^c   Maini, Mala K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR6; CXCR6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOKINE; EOMES PROTEIN, HUMAN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL KILLER CELL; SECRETION (PROCESS); YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CXCR6; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971215861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26157     Document Type: Article

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