Article
Human NK cell receptors/markers: a tool to analyze NK cell development, subsets and function.
Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology - 1 Aug 2013
Montaldo Elisa, Del Zotto Genny, Della Chiesa Mariella, Mingari Maria Cristina, Moretta Alessandro, De Maria Andrea, Moretta Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cells are important components of the innate immunity and play a key role in host defense by virtue of their ability to release cytokines and to mediate cytolytic activity against tumor cells and virus-infected cells. NK cells were first described more than 30 years ago on the basis of their peculiar functional capabilities. Subsequently, thanks to the production of a variety of monoclonal...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Biomarkers
- Cell Differentiation
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- HIV Infections
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Phenotype