Perforin is required for primary immunity to Histoplasma capsulatum

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1968-1974

  Zhou, P ^a   Freidag, B L ^a   Caldwell, C C ^a   Seder, R A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PERFORIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035253376     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1968     Document Type: Article

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