T cell receptor specificities of Toxoplasma gondii-reactive mouse CD4+ T lymphocytes and Th1 clones

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-30

  Reichmann, Gaby ^a   Dlugonska, Henryka ^a,b   Fischer, Hans Georg ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

CD4+ T lymphocytes; T cell receptors; T cell stimulatory antigens; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; TH1 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0030790417     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050042     Document Type: Article

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