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Natural killer cells and viral infections

โœ Scribed by Anthony R French; Wayne M Yokoyama

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
152 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
0952-7915

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โœฆ Synopsis

Natural killer (NK) cells play a key role in innate host defense against viruses. Signiยฎcant progress has been made in understanding the speciยฎc response of NK cells during viral infections by the recent identiยฎcation of an NK cell receptor involved in in vivo resistance, and its ligand. New insight has also been provided in NK cell cytokine and chemokine responses, highlighting the complexity of regulatory pathways. Taken together, a more comprehensive view of the role of NK cells in innate immunity is now available.

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