Article
Evaluation of activatory and inhibitory natural killer cell receptors in non-segmental vitiligo: a flow cytometric study.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Aug 2008
Basak P Y, Adiloglu A K, Koc I G, Tas T, Akkaya V B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent observations established the role of altered cellular immunity and autoimmune hypothesis in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. There have been several reports discussing T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell populations, but NK cell receptors were not evaluated in vitiligo. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this investigation was to assess the role of T and NK cells as well as activatory and inhibitory NK...
Topics
- Adult
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets
- Vitiligo
