Article
Natural Killer (NK) cell deficiency associated with an epitope-deficient Fc receptor type IIIA (CD16-II).
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Mar 1996
Jawahar S, Moody C, Chan M, Finberg R, Geha R, Chatila T
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to herpes virus infections has been described in experimental animals depleted of NK cells and in patients with defective NK cell function. We have identified a child with recurrent infections, especially with herpes simplex virus, who had a decreased number of CD56(+)CD3(-) NK cel...
Topics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity
- Base Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- Epitopes
- Female
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Humans
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Otitis Media
- Phenotype
- Receptors, IgG
- Sinusitis