Article
Loss of kindlin-3 alters the threshold for NK cell activation in human leukocyte adhesion deficiency-III.
Blood - 8 Nov 2012
Gruda Raizy, Brown Alice C N, Grabovsky Valentin, Mizrahi Saar, Gur Chamutal, Feigelson Sara W, Achdout Hagit, Bar-On Yotam, Alon Ronen, Aker Memet, Davis Daniel M, Mandelboim Ofer
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence suggests that kindlin-3 is a major coactivator, required for most, if not all, integrin activities. Here we studied the function of kindlin-3 in regulating NK cell activation by studying a patient with kindlin-3 deficiency (leukocyte adhesion deficiency-III). We found that kindlin-3 is required for NK cell migration and adhesion under shear force. Surprisingly, we also found that kindlin-3 lowers...
Topics
- Actins
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Movement
- Cells, Cultured
- Codon, Terminator
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Genotype
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome
