Lymphokine-activated killer cells lyse Listeria-infected hepatocytes and produce elevated quantities of interferon-γ

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1073-1079

  Gregory, Stephen H ^a,b   Jiang, Xiaosui ^a   Wing, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029859689     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.5.1073     Document Type: Article

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