A guide to antigen processing and presentation

N Pishesha, TJ Harmand, HL Ploegh - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Antigen processing and presentation are the cornerstones of adaptive immunity. B cells
cannot generate high-affinity antibodies without T cell help. CD4+ T cells, which provide …

NK cell recognition

LL Lanier - Annu. Rev. Immunol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
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Natural killer cells: from innate to adaptive features

AM Mujal, RB Delconte, JC Sun - Annual review of immunology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that provide critical host defense against
pathogens and cancer. Originally heralded for their early and rapid effector activity, NK cells …

The pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus

P Griffiths, I Baraniak, M Reeves - The Journal of pathology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a recognized cause of disease in the fetus, the allograft
recipient and AIDS patients. More recently, it has been recognized as a pathogen for those …

Peptide-specific recognition of human cytomegalovirus strains controls adaptive natural killer cells

Q Hammer, T Rückert, EM Borst, J Dunst… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that lack antigen-specific rearranged
receptors, a hallmark of adaptive lymphocytes. In some people infected with human …

Expansion of a unique CD57+NKG2Chi natural killer cell subset during acute human cytomegalovirus infection

S Lopez-Vergès, JM Milush… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
During human CMV infection, there is a preferential expansion of natural killer (NK) cells
expressing the activating CD94–NKG2C receptor complex, implicating this receptor in the …

Balancing natural killer cell activation through paired receptors

L Martinet, MJ Smyth - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that are crucial for the control of infections
and malignancies. NK cells express a variety of inhibitory and activating receptors that …

KIR: diverse, rapidly evolving receptors of innate and adaptive immunity

C Vilches, P Parham - Annual review of immunology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
KIR genes have evolved in primates to generate a diverse family of receptors with unique
structures that enable them to recognize MHC-class I molecules with locus and allele …

Imprint of human cytomegalovirus infection on the NK cell receptor repertoire

M Gumá, A Angulo, C Vilches, N Gómez-Lozano… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
Expression of the activating CD94/NKG2C killer lectin-like receptor (KLR) specific for HLA-E
was analyzed in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) from healthy adult blood donors; the …

Cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic transplantation promotes a lasting increase in educated NKG2C+ natural killer cells with potent function

B Foley, S Cooley, MR Verneris, M Pitt… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
During mouse cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a population of Ly49H+ natural killer (NK)
cells expands and is responsible for disease clearance through the induction of a “memory …