IL-12-independent IFN-γ production by T cells in experimental Chagas' disease is mediated by IL-18

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3346-3353

  Muller U ^a   Kohler G ^a   Mossmann, H ^a   Schaub, G A ^a   Alber, G ^a   Di Santo, J P ^a   Brombacher, F ^a   Holscher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; PROTEIN P35; RECOMBINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0035884846     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.6.3346     Document Type: Article

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