Studies in knockout mice reveal that anti-chlamydial protection requires TH1 cells producing IFN-γ: Is this true for humans?

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 546-552

  Johansson, M ^a   Schon K ^a   Ward, M ^b   Lycke, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031470928     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-167.x     Document Type: Article

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