The absence of IL-6 does not affect Th2 cell development in vivo, but does lead to impaired proliferation, IL-2 receptor expression, and B cell responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5829-5837

  La Flamme, Anne Camille ^a   Pearce, Edward J ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EGG; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OVUM; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033563011     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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