The Important Role of Dendritic Cell (DC) in iNKT-Mediated Modulation of NK Cell Function in Chlamydia pneumoniae Lung Infection

• Main Authors: Lei Zhao (Author), Xiaoling Gao (Author), Hong Bai (Author), Antony George Joyee (Author), Shuhe Wang (Author), Jie Yang (Author), Weiming Zhao (Author), Xi Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) infection causes multiple acute and chronic human diseases. The role of DCs in host defense against Cpn infection has been well documented. The same is true for invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and NK cells, but the interaction among cells is largely unknown. In thi...