Cutting edge: IL-12 is required for the maintenance of IFN-γ production in T cells mediating chronic resistance to the intracellular pathogen, Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 628-631

  Yap, George ^a   Pesin, Michael ^a   Sher, Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PROTEIN P40; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034662258     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.2.628     Document Type: Article

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