Natural killer cell specificity for viral infections

Nature Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 800-808

  Hammer, Quirin ^a,c   Rückert, Timo ^a   Romagnani, Chiara ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH PIK   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY A; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; VIRUS ANTIGEN; LIGAND; PEPTIDE;

CELL SPECIFICITY; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIGANDS; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, NATURAL KILLER CELL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85050312571     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41590-018-0163-6     Document Type: Review

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