Gamma interferon-producing CD4+ T lymphocytes in the lung correlate with resistance to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2666-2674

  Chackerian, A A ^a   Perera, T V ^a   Behar, S M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LUNG; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HAPLOTYPES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035082863     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2666-2674.2001     Document Type: Article

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