Modulation of cytokine profiles by the mycoplasma superantigen Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen parallels susceptibility to arthritis induced by M. arthritidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1142-1149

  Mu, Hong Hua ^a   Sawitzke, Allen D ^a   Cole, Barry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MITOGENS; MYCOPLASMA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0033956317     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1142-1149.2000     Document Type: Article

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