Interleukin-6 induces early gamma interferon production in the infected lung but is not required for generation of specific immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3322-3326

  Saunders, Bernadette M ^a,b   Frank, Anthony A ^a   Orme, Ian M ^a   Cooper, Andrea M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LUNG; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034035311     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3322-3326.2000     Document Type: Article

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