Regulation of the functions of natural cytotoxicity receptors by interactions with diverse ligands and alterations in splice variant expression

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Pazina, Tatiana ^a,b   Shemesh, Avishai ^c   Brusilovsky, Michael ^d   Porgador, Angel ^c   Campbell, Kerry S ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer immunology; Cytotoxicity; Human immunology; Natural cytotoxicity receptors; Natural killer cells; Pregnancy; RNA splice variants; Virus immunity

Indexed keywords

ADAM10 ENDOPEPTIDASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; BAG6 PROTEIN; BAT3 PROTEIN; CYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEPARAN SULFATE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 2; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 3; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CANCER CELL; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELL SURFACE; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

EID: 85017104637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00369     Document Type: Review

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