A protective and agonistic function of IL-12p40 in mycobacterial infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 6957-6966

  Holscher C ^a   Atkinson, R A ^a   Arendse, B ^a   Brown, N ^a   Myburgh, E ^a   Alber, G ^a   Brombacher, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; PROTEIN P35; PROTEIN P40;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035892749     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.12.6957     Document Type: Article

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