Differential sensitivity of distinct Chlamydia trachomatis isolates to IFN-γ-mediated inhibition

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3541-3548

  Perry, Linda L ^a   Su, Hua ^a   Feilzer, Karen ^a   Messer, Ron ^a   Hughes, Scott ^a   Whitmire, William ^a   Caldwell, Harlan D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NITRIC OXIDE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033559566     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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