NK cells kill mycobacteria directly by releasing perforin and granulysin

NKG2D Is Critical for NK Cell Activation in Host Defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory Infection

(2014) S. C. Wesselkamper et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

JNK MAPK Pathway Regulates Constitutive Transcription of CCL5 by Human NK Cells through SP1

(2014) D. Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Antibacterial Role for Natural Killer Cells in Host Defense to Bacillus anthracis

(2011) Christine M. Gonzales et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Disseminated Mycobacterium kansasii Infection Associated with Skin Lesions: A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of the Literature

(2010) Sang Hoon Han et al.   JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE

The structural basis for membrane binding and pore formation by lymphocyte perforin

(2010) Ruby H. P. Law et al.   NATURE

Membrane nanotubes facilitate long-distance interactions between natural killer cells and target cells

(2010) A. Chauveau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ILT2/HLA-G interaction impairs NK-cell functions through the inhibition of the late but not the early events of the NK-cell activating synapse

(2009) Benoit Favier et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Cryptococcus neoformans Directly Stimulates Perforin Production and Rearms NK Cells for Enhanced Anticryptococcal Microbicidal Activity

(2009) K. J. Marr et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Clinical manifestations, antibiotic susceptibility and molecular analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii isolates from a university hospital in Taiwan

(2009) T.-S. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

The biology of cytotoxic cell granule exocytosis pathway: granzymes have evolved to induce cell death and inflammation

(2009) Julián Pardo et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Human natural killer cells

(2008) M. A. Caligiuri   BLOOD

Direct Binding of Human NK Cell Natural Cytotoxicity Receptor NKp44 to the Surfaces of Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria

(2008) S. Esin et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Resveratrol ameliorates Serratia marcescens-induced acute pneumonia in rats

(2008) C.-C. Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Up on the tightrope: natural killer cell activation and inhibition

(2008) Lewis L Lanier   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY