Specific activated T cells regulate IL-12 production by human monocytes stimulated with Cryptococcus neoformans

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1618-1623

  Retini, Cinzia ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^b   Pietrella, Donatella ^a   Monari, Claudia ^a   Palazzetti, Barbara ^a   Vecchiarelli, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; INTERLEUKIN-12; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033083971     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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