title: Roles of the NKG2D immunoreceptor and its ligands.
abstract: According to present concepts, innate immunity is regulated by receptors that determine danger levels by responding to molecules that are associated with infection or cellular distress. NKG2D is, perhaps, the best characterized receptor that is associated with responses to cellular distress, defined as transformation, infection or cell stress. This review summarizes recent findings that concern NKG2D, its ligands, its signalling properties and its role in disease, and provides a framework for considering how the induction of immune responses can be regulated by cellular responses to injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA. raulet@uclink4.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Raulet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D055655:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000276:immunology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D055607:Receptors, Natural Killer Cell; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors
chemical_list: C527085:KLRK1 protein, human; C527086:Klrk1 protein, mouse; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D055655:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D055607:Receptors, Natural Killer Cell; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors