Immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis Is Mediated by T Helper 1 Cells Through IFN-γ-Dependent and -Independent Pathways

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3344-3352

  Perry, Linda L ^a,b   Feilzer, Karen ^a   Caldwell, Harlan D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL POLARITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL POLARITY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 0031112653     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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