Memory of Natural Killer Cells: A New Chance against Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes of the innate immune system, which play an important role in the initial defense against a wide variety of pathogens, including viruses and intracellular bacteria. NK cells produce cytokines that enhance immune responses directed toward pathogens and also ex...
Main Authors: | José Alberto Choreño Parra, Nayeli Martínez Zúñiga, Luis Antonio Jiménez Zamudio, Luis Armando Jiménez Álvarez, Citlaltepetl Salinas Lara, Joaquín Zúñiga |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-08-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00967/full |
Similar Items
-
Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Stimulate CXCR6+ Natural Killer Cells
by: José Alberto Choreño-Parra, et al.
Published: (2020-09-01) -
Influence of Natural Killer Cells and Natural Killer T Cells on Periodontal Disease: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
by: Andreas Seidel, et al.
Published: (2020-12-01) -
Stimulation of Natural Killer T Cells by Glycolipids
by: Brian L. Anderson, et al.
Published: (2013-12-01) -
Interferon therapy shifts natural killer subsets among egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C
by: Amal Fathy, et al. -
Cytokines impact natural killer cell phenotype and functionality against glioblastoma in vitro
by: Minna Sivonen, et al.
Published: (2023-09-01)