Evaluation of activatory and inhibitory natural killer cell receptors in non-segmental vitiligo: a flow cytometric study

Basak, P.; Adiloglu, A.; Koc, I.; Tas, T.; Akkaya, V.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02681.x

Evaluation of activatory and inhibitory natural killer cell receptors in non-segmental vitiligo: a flow cytometric study

Basak P. Y. , Adiloglu A. K. , Koc I. G. , Tas T., Akkaya V. B.

JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY, vol.22, no.8, pp.970-976, 2008 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 22 Issue: 8
Publication Date: 2008
Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02681.x
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
Page Numbers: pp.970-976

Abstract

Background Recent observations established the role of altered cellular immunity and autoimmune hypothesis in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. There have been several reports discussing T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell populations, but NK cell receptors were not evaluated in vitiligo.