Paper · 785281

Introduction of "natural" killer' cells by BCG.

Wolfe SA and 2 others. Nature, 1976. Cited by 241 papers, by iCite.

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Title: Introduction of "natural" killer' cells by BCG.; PubMed
Journal: Nature; PubMed
Year: 1976; PubMed
Publication types: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; PubMed
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/785281/; PubMed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/262584a0; PubMed
The journal: https://conductscience.org/library/journal-index/0410462; PubMed
Citations, by iCite: 241; iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite: 7.56; iCite
Revised in PubMed: 2022-03-14; PubMed

Authors3

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Order	Author	Forename
1	Wolfe SA	S A
2	Tracey DE	D E
3	Henney CS	C S

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Topics13

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MeSH term	Major
Ascitic Fluid	Major topic
BCG Vaccine	Major topic
Immunity, Cellular	Major topic
Mycobacterium bovis	Major topic
Animals
Antigen-Antibody Complex
Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
Histocompatibility Antigens
Macrophages
Mice
Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
T-Lymphocytes
Temperature

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Cited by51

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PMID	Title	Journal	Year	In Papers	Source
34,832,668	The Interplay between Salmonella and Intestinal Innate Immune Cells in Chickens.	Pathogens	2021	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/34832668	PubMed
31,396,541	Immunopathology of Airway Surface Liquid Dehydration Disease.	J Immunol Res	2019	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/31396541	PubMed
20,847,752	Preclinical evaluation of a gene therapy treatment for transitional cell carcinoma.	Cancer Gene Ther	2011	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/20847752	PubMed
8,914,772	A novel method for monitoring Mycobacterium bovis BCG trafficking with recombinant BCG expressing green fluorescent protein.	Clin Diagn Lab Immunol	1996	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/8914772	PubMed
8,188,376	Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG secreting functional interleukin-2 enhances gamma interferon production by splenocytes.	Infect Immun	1994	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/8188376	PubMed
8,101,861	Natural killer cells are a source of interferon gamma that drives differentiation of CD4+ T cell subsets and induces early resistance to Leishmania major in mice.	J Exp Med	1993	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/8101861	PubMed
7,982,728	Dynamics of avian inflammatory response to Salmonella-immune lymphokines. Changes in avian blood leukocyte populations.	Inflammation	1994	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7982728	PubMed
7,380,465	Spontaneous cytotoxicity of murine cells treated with the interferon inducers BRL 5907 and BRL 10739.	Immunology	1980	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7380465	PubMed
7,295,509	Corynebacterium parvum stimulation of adherent and non-adherent cytotoxic cells in mice.	Br J Cancer	1981	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7295509	PubMed
7,203,558	Activation of natural killer (NK) cells in vivo with H-2 and non-H-2 alloantigens.	Immunogenetics	1981	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/7203558	PubMed

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