Factors that influence T helper cell response to infection

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-213

  Power, Carl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL CYCLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; INFECTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEISHMANIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034036548     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200006000-00002     Document Type: Review

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