The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Sepsis

Severe sepsis and septic shock are still deadly conditions urging to develop novel therapies. A better understanding of the complex modifications of the immune system of septic patients is needed for the development of innovative immunointerventions. Natural killer (NK) cells are characterized as CD...

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Main Authors: Laurent Chiche, Jean-Marie Forel, Guillemette Thomas, Catherine Farnarier, Fréderic Vely, Mathieu Bléry, Laurent Papazian, Eric Vivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/986491