Protection against pulmonary infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice by interferon-γ through activation of phagocytic cells and stimulation of production of other cytokines

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 959-964

  Yoshida, K ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a   Tateda, K ^a   Uchida, K ^a   Tsujimoto, S ^a   Iwakura, Y ^a   Yamaguchi, K ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0034771721     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-50-11-959     Document Type: Article

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