Mice lacking the transcription factor subunit Rel can clear an influenza infection and have functional anti-viral cytotoxic T cells but do not develop an optimal antibody response

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1431-1439

  Harling McNabb, Leanne ^b   Deliyannis, Georgia ^b   Jackson, David C ^b   Gerondakis, Steve ^a   Grigoriadis, George ^a   Brown, Lorena E ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

NF B; Rel; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; VACCINATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LUNG; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-REL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032881384     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.9.1431     Document Type: Article

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