Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 synergistically induce the fungicidal activity of murine peritoneal exudate cells against Cryptococcus neoformans through production of gamma interferon by natural killer cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3594-3599

  Zhang, Tiantuo ^a   Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^a   Qureshi, Mahboob Hossain ^a   Okamura, Haruki ^b   Kurimoto, Masashi ^c   Saito, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERITONEUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030885123     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3594-3599.1997     Document Type: Article

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