Dendritic cells, but not macrophages, produce IL-12 immediately following Leishmania donovani infection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 687-695

  Gorak, Patricia M A ^a   Engwerda, Christian R ^a   Kaye, Paul M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; IL 12; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031889474     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199802)28:02<687::AID-IMMU687>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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