Bacterial superantigen-induced human lymphocyte responses are nitric oxide dependent and mediated by IL-12 and IFN-γ

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2430-2435

  Sriskandan, S ^a   Evans, T J ^a   Cohen, J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0029985487     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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