Different features of Vδ2 T and NK cells in fatal and non-fatal human Ebola infections.
Eleonora CiminiDomenico ViolaMar Cabeza-CabrerizoAntonella RomanelliNicola TuminoAlessandra SacchiVeronica BordoniRita CasettiFederica TurchiFederico MartiniJoseph A BoreFara Raymond KoundounoSophie DuraffourJanine MichelTobias HolmElsa Gayle ZekengLauren CowleyIsabel Garcia DorivalJuliane DoerrbeckerNicole HetzeltJonathan H J BaumJasmine PortmannRoman WölfelMartin GabrielOsvaldo MirandaGraciliano DíazJosé E DíazYoel A FleitesCarlos A PiñeiroCarlos M CastroLamine KoivoguiN'Faly MagassoubaBoubacar DialloPaula RuibalLisa OestereichDavid M WozniakAnja LüdtkeBeate Becker-ZiajaMaria R CapobianchiGiuseppe IppolitoMiles W CarrollStephan GüntherAntonino Di CaroCésar Muñoz-FontelaChiara AgratiPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
Altogether, the data suggest that both effector Vδ2 T-cells and NK cells may play a role in the complex network of protective response to EBOV infection. Further studies are required to characterize the protective effector functions of Vδ2 and NK cells.