title: MHC class I deficiency: susceptibility to natural killer (NK) cells and impaired NK activity.
abstract: The role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I expression in natural killer (NK) cell target recognition is controversial. Normal T cell blasts from MHC class I-deficient mutant mice were found to serve as target cells for NK cells in vitro, which suggests that MHC class I molecules are directly involved in NK cell recognition. Spleen cells from the mutant mice were deficient in their ability to lyse MHC class I-deficient target cells or NK-susceptible tumor targets, and mutant mice could not reject allogeneic bone marrow. Thus, class I molecules may participate in the positive selection or tolerance induction of NK cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bix
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zijlstra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaenisch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raulet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000276:immunology*; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin