Cytotoxic Function and Cytokine Production of Natural Killer Cells and Natural Killer T-Like Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosis Regulation with Interleukin-15

• Main Authors: Syh-Jae Lin (Author), Ming-Ling Kuo (Author), Hsiu-Shan Hsiao (Author), Pei-Tzu Lee (Author), Wen-I Lee (Author), Ji-Yih Chen (Author), Jing-Long Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Natural killer cells and NKT-like cells are the first line immune defense against tumor and virus infection. Deficient NK and NKT-like cell effector function may contribute to increased susceptibility to infection in SLE patients. We sought to examine the perforin and granzyme B expression, interfer...