Despite large-scale T cell activation, only a minor subset of T cells responding in vitro to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans differentiate into effector T cells

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 127-136

  Zadeh, Homayoun H ^a   Tanavoli, Sara ^a   Haines, David D ^b   Kreutzer, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Cytokines; Interferon ; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 2; Interleukin 4; Periodontitis; T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTITIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PERIODONTITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034199190     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2000.035003127.x     Document Type: Article

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