In the Absence of Endogenous IFN-γ, Mice Develop Unimpaired IL-12 Responses to Toxoplasma gondii while Failing to Control Acute Infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4045-4054

  Scharton Kersten, Tanya M ^a,d   Wynn, Thomas A ^a   Denkers, Eric Y ^a,e   Bala, Shukal ^b   Grunvald, Eduardo ^a   Hieny, Sara ^a   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^c   Sher, Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERITONITIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH2 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030294163     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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