Role of CD4+ T cells in pathogenesis associated with Leishmania amazonensis infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5374-5383

  Soong, Lynn ^a   Chang, Cheong Hee ^b,c   Sun, Jiaren ^a,b   Longley Jr , B Jack ^b   Ruddle, Nancy H ^a,b   Flavell, Richard A ^a,c   McMahon Pratt, Diane ^a,d  

^a Yale Skin Disease Research Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; V(D)J RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031156475     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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