Potential Role of NK Cells in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The increased expression of IL-23 in inflammatory bowel disease promotes intraepithelial and lamina propria lymphocyte inflammatory responses and cytotoxicity

(2011) Z. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Increased proportion of CD16+ NK cells in the colonic lamina propria of inflammatory bowel disease patients, but not after azathioprine treatment

(2010) A. W. Steel et al.   ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

IL-2 is positively involved in the development of colitogenic CD4+ IL-7Rαhigh memory T cells in chronic colitis

(2010) Kaori Kameyama et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Imbalance of NKp44+NKp46− and NKp44−NKp46+ Natural Killer Cells in the Intestinal Mucosa of Patients With Crohn's Disease

(2010) Tetsuro Takayama et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Natural killer cells in human autoimmune diseases

(2010) Nicolas Schleinitz et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Natural killer receptors: the burden of a name: Figure 1.

(2010) Henrique Veiga-Fernandes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

IL-17 and Th17 Cells

(2009) Thomas Korn et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

A novel population of human CD56+human leucocyte antigen D-related (HLA-DR+) colonic lamina propria cells is associated with inflammation in ulcerative colitis

(2009) S. C. Ng et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Il-21 enhances NK cell activation and cytolytic activity and induces Th17 cell differentiation in inflammatory bowel disease

(2009) Zhanju Liu et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Interleukin-21 as a new therapeutic target for immune-mediated diseases

(2009) Giovanni Monteleone et al.   TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Potential role of Th17 cells in the pathogenesis ofinflammatory bowel disease

(2009) Zhan-Ju Liu et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease may have a transforming growth factor-β-, interleukin (IL)-2- or IL-10-deficient state induced by intrinsic neutralizing antibodies

(2008) E. C. Ebert et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Differential mechanisms in the pathogenesis of autoimmune cholangitis versus inflammatory bowel disease in interleukin-2Rα−/− mice

(2008) Willy Hsu et al.   HEPATOLOGY

A human natural killer cell subset provides an innate source of IL-22 for mucosal immunity

(2008) Marina Cella et al.   NATURE

Influence of the transcription factor RORγt on the development of NKp46+ cell populations in gut and skin

(2008) Carmelo Luci et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

RORγt and commensal microflora are required for the differentiation of mucosal interleukin 22–producing NKp46+ cells

(2008) Stephanie L Sanos et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Human fetal lymphoid tissue–inducer cells are interleukin 17–producing precursors to RORC+ CD127+ natural killer–like cells

(2008) Tom Cupedo et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Functions of natural killer cells

(2008) Eric Vivier et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Interleukin-21: Basic Biology and Implications for Cancer and Autoimmunity

(2007) Rosanne Spolski et al.   Annual Review of Immunology