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Role of natural killer cells in innate resistance to protozoan infections

✍ Scribed by Tanya M Scharton-Kersten; Alan Sher

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
754 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0952-7915

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✦ Synopsis

Natural killer cells are now recognized as major effectors of innate resistance to protozoan parasites. The principal mechanism by which they control the growth of these pathogens is indirect, involving cytokine production rather than cytolytic activity. Recent studies have identified a series of positive and negative signals provided by cytokines and cellular interactions which regulate protozoa-induced natural killer cell function.

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