Natural killer (NK) cell function in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: a deficiency of NK cells, but not an NK cell deficiency

Blood. 2015 Feb 19;125(8):1351-2. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-07-591255.

Authors

Yasser M El-Sherbiny¹, Gina M Doody², Richard J Kelly², Anita Hill², Peter Hillmen², Graham P Cook²

Affiliations

¹ Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds School of Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
² Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds School of Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom.

PMID: 25700426
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-07-591255

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cell Degranulation / immunology
Cohort Studies
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Disease Susceptibility / blood
Disease Susceptibility / immunology
Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / blood
Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / deficiency
Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / immunology
Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal / blood*
Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal / immunology*
Humans
Killer Cells, Natural / pathology*
Killer Cells, Natural / physiology*
Lymphocyte Count
Seizures
Virus Diseases / immunology

Substances

Glycosylphosphatidylinositols

Supplementary concepts

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol deficiency