Interferon γ eliminates responding CD4 T cells during mycobacterial infection by inducing apoptosis of activated CD4 T cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-122

  Dalton, Dyana K ^a   Haynes, Laura ^a   Chu, Cong Qiu ^a   Swain, Susan L ^a   Wittmer, Susan ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Homeostasis; Knockout mice; Nitric oxide; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034600788     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.1.117     Document Type: Article

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