1. Mechanisms of NK cell activation: CD4+ T cells enter the scene
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Claire Germain, Carmelo Luci, Franck Bihl, Veronique M. Braud, Institut de pharmacologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IPMC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Faculté de Médecine Pasteur, and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
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MESH: Interleukin-12 ,MESH: Killer Cells, Natural ,CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ,Antigen-Presenting Cells ,Biology ,Lymphocyte Activation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Interleukin 21 ,0302 clinical medicine ,NK-92 ,Humans ,MESH: Lymphocyte Activation ,Antigen-presenting cell ,Molecular Biology ,030304 developmental biology ,Pharmacology ,0303 health sciences ,MESH: Humans ,Lymphokine-activated killer cell ,MESH: Antigen-Presenting Cells ,IL-2 ,Janus kinase 3 ,MESH: CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ,NK receptors ,MESH: Interleukin-2 ,Cell Biology ,Natural killer T cell ,Interleukin-12 ,CD4+ T cells ,Cell biology ,Killer Cells, Natural ,IL-12 ,Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cell ,Interleukin 12 ,Natural killer cells ,[SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology ,Interleukin-2 ,Molecular Medicine ,030215 immunology - Abstract
International audience; Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes involved in immunosurveillance through their cytotoxic activity and their capacity to secrete inflammatory cytokines. NK cell activation is necessary to initiate effector functions and results from a complex series of molecular and cellular events. We review here the signals that trigger NK cells and discuss recent findings showing that, besides antigen-presenting cells, T cells can play a central role in the initiation of NK cell activation in lymph nodes.
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- 2011
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