Lethal granuloma disintegration in mycobacteria-infected TNFRp55(-/-) mice is dependent on T cells and IL-12

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 483-492

  Ehlers, Stefan ^a   Kutsch, Stefanie ^a   Ehlers, Eva M ^b   Benini, Jochen ^a   Pfeffer, Klaus ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034235462     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.1.483     Document Type: Article

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