T- and B-lymphocyte-independent formation of alveolar macrophage- derived multinucleated giant cells in murine Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2821-2823

  Hanano, Ralph ^a   Reifenberg, Kurt ^a   Kaufmann, Stefan H E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY BURDEN; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0029889864     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2821-2823.1996     Document Type: Article

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