Interleukin-12 enhancement of antigen-specific lymphocyte proliferation correlates with stage of human immunodeficiency virus infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 493-496

  Nagy Agren, Stephanie E ^a,b   Cooney, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERLEUKIN-12; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MITOGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032978252     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314596     Document Type: Article

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