TY - JOUR AU - Merkt, Wolfgang AU - Claus, Maren AU - Blank, Norbert AU - Hundemer, Michael AU - Cerwenka, Adelheid AU - Lorenz, Hanns-Martin AU - Watzl, Carsten PY - 2016 DA - 2016/09/13 TI - Active but not inactive granulomatosis with polyangiitis is associated with decreased and phenotypically and functionally altered CD56dim natural killer cells JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - 204 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The role of natural killer (NK) cells in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is poorly understood. We recently reported that peripheral blood NK cell percentages correlate with the suppression of GPA activity (cohort I). The purpose of the current study was to further characterize NK cell subsets, phenotype and function in a second GPA cohort (cohort II). SN - 1478-6362 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-1098-7 DO - 10.1186/s13075-016-1098-7 ID - Merkt2016 ER -