title: Natural killer cell activation receptors in innate immunity to infection.
abstract: Natural killer (NK) cells are best known for their capacity to kill tumors but they are also critical in early innate responses to infection, especially herpesviruses. Recent studies indicate that NK cell receptors involved in tumor target specificity are also involved in responses to viral infections.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8045, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA. yokoyama@imgate.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Wayne M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Anthony A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Scalzo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011971:Receptors, Immunologic