Enhanced protection against fatal mycobacterial infection in SCID beige mice by reshaping innate immunity with IFN-γ transgene

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 375-383

  Xing, Z ^a   Zganiacz, A ^a   Wang, J ^a   Sharma, S K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BCG VACCINATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FATALITY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0035399594     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.1.375     Document Type: Article

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