Murine neutrophil stimulation by Toxoplasma gondii antigen drives high level production of IFN-γ-independent IL-12

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2081-2088

  Bliss, Susan K ^a   Zhang, Yin ^a   Denkers, Eric Y ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASCITIC FLUID; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033567090     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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