Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20814939›Full record

ReviewCurrent protocols in immunology2010

Signal transduction during activation and inhibition of natural killer cells.

Carsten Watzl, Eric O Long

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Review in Current protocols in immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carsten WatzlInstitute for Immunology, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Eric O Long
Heidelberg University · DENational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Regulation of innate lymphocyte functionZIAAI000525 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LONG, ERIC O · 2009 to 2024
$12.0M
Regulation of immune responses by inhibitory receptorsZIAAI001117 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LONG, ERIC O · 2009 to 2019
$5.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI000525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells are important for early immune responses to viral infections and cancer. Upon activation, NK cells secrete cytokines and chemokines, and kill sensitive target cells by releasing the content of cytolytic granules. This unit is focused on the signal transduction pathways that regulate NK cell activities in response to contact with other cells. We will highlight signals regulating NK cell adhesion to target cells and describe the induction of cellular cytotoxicity by the engagement of different NK cell activation receptors. Negative signaling induced by inhibitory receptors opposes NK cell activation and provides an important safeguard from NK cell reactivity toward normal, healthy cells. We will discuss the complex integration of the different signals that occur during interaction of NK cells with target cells.

Indexed as

Feedback, PhysiologicalLymphocyte ActivationReceptor Cross-TalkAnimalsCell CommunicationCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansKiller Cells, NaturalReceptors, Natural Killer CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesReceptors, Natural Killer Cell

Identifiers

PMID20814939
PMCPMC3857016
OpenAlexW1531743912

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