Natural killer cells are a source of interferon γ that drives differentiation of CD4+ T cell subsets and induces early resistance to leishmania major in mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 567-578

  Scharton, Tanya M ^a   Scott, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027255488     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.178.2.567     Document Type: Article

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