IFN-γ knockout mice show Th2-associated delayed-type hypersensitivity and the inflammatory cells fail to localize and control chlamydial infection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3782-3792

  Wang, Shuhe ^a   Fan, Yijun ^a   Brunham, Robert C ^a   Yang, Xi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Delayed hypersensitivity; IFN knockout; Th1; TH2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032751041     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199911)29:11<3782::AID-IMMU3782>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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