Overexpression of IL-15 in vivo enhances protection against Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection via augmentation of NK and T cytotoxic 1 responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 946-956

  Umemura, M ^a   Nishimura, H ^a   Hirose, K ^a   Matsuguchi, T ^a   Yoshikai, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 15;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEMORY CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0035879186     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.2.946     Document Type: Article

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