Role of IL 12 in induction of cell-mediated immunity to Toxoplasma gondii

Research in Immunology

Volumn 146, Issue 7-8, 1995, Pages 539-545

  Scharton Kersten, T ^a   Denkers, E Y ^a   Gazzinelli, R ^a   Sher, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-12; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029584424     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)83029-X     Document Type: Article

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