Potent stimulation of the innate immune system by a Leishmania brasiliensis recombinant protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 5270-5277

  Borges, M M ^a   Campos Neto, A ^a   Sleath, P ^a   Grabstein, K H ^a   Morrissey, P J ^a   Skeiky, Y A W ^a   Reed, S G ^a  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCAN; INITIATION FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MANNAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, SCID; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034865475     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.9.5270-5277.2001     Document Type: Article

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