Bacterial DNA containing CpG motifs stimulates lymphocyte-dependent protection of mice against lethal infection with intracellular bacteria

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2291-2298

  Elkins, Karen L ^a,b   Rhinehart Jones, Tonya R ^a   Stibitz, Scott ^a   Conover, Jacqueline S ^a   Klinman, Dennis M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Mycobacteria   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; TULAREMIA; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0033558121     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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