Control of human viral infections by natural killer cells

S Jost, M Altfeld - Annual review of immunology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are effector cells of the innate immune system and are important in
the control of viral infections. Their relevance is reflected by the multiple mechanisms …

Influenza vaccination strategies: comparing inactivated and live attenuated influenza vaccines

S Sridhar, KA Brokstad, RJ Cox - Vaccines, 2015 - mdpi.com
Influenza is a major respiratory pathogen causing annual outbreaks and occasional
pandemics. Influenza vaccination is the major method of prophylaxis. Currently annual …

Inactivated trivalent influenza vaccination is associated with lower mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Brazil

G Fink, N Orlova-Fink, T Schindler, S Grisi… - BMJ evidence-based …, 2021 - ebm.bmj.com
Objective To estimate associations between trivalent influenza vaccination and COVID-19
mortality as well as severe clinical outcomes among hospitalised patients. Design …

Natural killer cells in the lungs

J Cong, H Wei - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The lungs, a special site that is frequently challenged by tumors, pathogens and other
environmental insults, are populated by large numbers of innate immune cells. Among …

Association between influenza vaccination and hospitalisation or all-cause mortality in people with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

CR Wilcox, N Islam… - BMJ open respiratory …, 2021 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
Introduction Recent evidence suggests that influenza vaccination may offer protection
against COVID-19 severity. Our aim was to quantify the association between influenza …

The effects of Spirulina on anemia and immune function in senior citizens

C Selmi, PSC Leung, L Fischer, B German… - Cellular & molecular …, 2011 - nature.com
Anemia and immunological dysfunction (ie immunosenescence) are commonly found in
older subjects and nutritional approaches are sought to counteract these phenomena …

Interferon-γ—central mediator of protective immune responses against the pre-erythrocytic and blood stage of malaria

MBB McCall, RW Sauerwein - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Review underscores the ubiquitous contribution of IFN-δ to immune responses against
malaria, evidence for its protective role and critical issues relating to its induction. Immune …

Activation of natural killer cells during microbial infections

A Horowitz, KA Stegmann, EM Riley - Frontiers in immunology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are large granular lymphocytes that express a diverse array of
germline encoded inhibitory and activating receptors for MHC Class I and Class I-like …

Heterologous vaccination interventions to reduce pandemic morbidity and mortality: Modeling the US winter 2020 COVID-19 wave

N Hupert, D Marín-Hernández, B Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
COVID-19 remains a stark health threat worldwide, in part because of minimal levels of
targeted vaccination outside high-income countries and highly transmissible variants …

NK cells as effectors of acquired immune responses: effector CD4+ T cell-dependent activation of NK cells following vaccination

A Horowitz, RH Behrens, L Okell, AR Fooks… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
We characterized vaccine-induced cellular responses to rabies virus in naive adult
volunteers. Contrary to current paradigms, we observed potent and prolonged in vitro NK …