Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
The natural killer (NK) cell activity of splenocytes and recycling capacity of NK cells were observed by combining the 51Cr-release cytotoxicity assay and single cell cytotoxicity assay against YAC-1. The ICR mice were infected intranasally with Naegleria fowleri, that is a pathogenic free-living amoeba. The mice infected with 1 x 10(5) trophozoites showed mortality rate of 76.7% and mean survival time of 12.9 days. The cytotoxic activity of NK cells in infected mice was significantly higher than that of non-infected mice during the period between 12 hours and day 3 after infection, and highest on day 1. The target-binding capacity of NK cells in infected mice was not different from that of non-infected ones. Maximal killing potential and maximal recycling capacity were remarkably increased in infected mice as compared with the control. The results obtained in this observation indicated that elevated NK cell activity in mice infected with N. fowleri was not due to target-binding capacity of NK cells but due to the increased activity of NK cells and increased recycling capacity of individual NK cells.
pubmed:language
kor
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:author
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
267-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Natural killer cell activity in Naegleria fowleri infected mice].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract