Genetic causes of human NK cell deficiency and their effect on NK cell subsets

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2016, Pages

  Mace, Emily M ^a   Orange, Jordan S ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune homeostasis; NK cell deficiency; NK cell development; NK cells; Primary immunodeficiency

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; INTERFERON CONSENSUS SEQUENCE BINDING PROTEIN; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FCGR3A GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RTEL1 GENE;

EID: 85009412340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00545     Document Type: Review

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