Preferential stimulation of human lymphocytes by oligodeoxynucleotides that copy DNA CpG motifs present in virulent genes of group A streptococci

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 993-1001

  Chatellier, Sonia ^a   Kotb, Malak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CpG motif; Group A streptococcus; Human B cell; Oligodeoxynucleotide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMYXIN B; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034002471     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(200004)30:4<993::AID-IMMU993>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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