Natural killer cytolytic activity is associated with the expression of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors on peripheral lymphocytes in human

• Main Authors: Toshiaki Kogure (Author), Naoki Mantani (Author), Shinya Sakai (Author), Yutaka Shimada (Author), Jun'ichi Tamura (Author), Katsutoshi Terasawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although it has been shown that killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) on peripheral lymphocytes are upregulated by interleukin-2 (IL-2), which activates natural killer (NK) activity, it has not been demonstrated whether the expression of KIRs is related to NK activity. Therefore, we inves...