Tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-12 contribute to resistance to the intracellular bacterium Brucella abortus by different mechanisms

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2782-2786

  Zhan, Yifan ^a   Liu, Zhanqi ^a,b   Cheers, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LIVER GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0029929138     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2782-2786.1996     Document Type: Article

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