A heritable defect in IL-12 signaling in B10.Q/J mice. II. Effect on acute resistance to Toxoplasma gondii and rescue by IL-18 treatment

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 5720-5725

  Yap, G S ^a   Ortmann, R ^a   Shevach, E ^a   Sher, A ^a  

^a Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; STAT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0035340506     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.9.5720     Document Type: Article

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