Mice deficient in CD4 T cells have only transiently diminished levels of IFN-γ, yet succumb to tuberculosis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 5407-5416

  Caruso, Amy Myers ^a   Serbina, Natalya ^a   Klein, Edwin ^a   Triebold, Karla ^b   Bloom, Barry R ^b,c   Flynn, JoAnne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GRANULOMA; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; STAINING AND LABELING; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033136317     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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