Two roads diverged: Interferon α/β- and interleukin 12-mediated pathways in promoting T cell interferon γ responses during viral infection

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1315-1327

  Cousens, Leslie P ^a   Peterson, Ron ^b   Hsu, Sang ^b   Dorner, Andrew ^b   Altman, John D ^c   Ahmed, Rafi ^c   Biron, Christine A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Interferon ; Interleukin 12; T cell; Virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TARGETING; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; INTERLEUKIN-12; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033583516     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.8.1315     Document Type: Article

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