Interleukin 18 restores defective Th1 immunity to Candida albicans in caspase 1-deficient mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 5126-5131

  Mencacci, A ^a   Bacci, A ^a   Cenci, E ^a   Montagnoli, C ^a   Fiorucci, S ^a   Casagrande, A ^a   Flavell, R A ^a   Bistoni, F ^a   Romani, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASPASE 1; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 0033863092     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.9.5126-5131.2000     Document Type: Article

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