Rac2-deficient mice display perturbed T-cell distribution and chemotaxis, but only minor abnormalities in TH1 responses

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-240

  Croker, Ben A ^a   Handman, Emanuela ^a   Hayball, John D ^b   Baldwin, Tracey M ^a   Voigt, Valentina ^c   Cluse, Leonie A ^a   Yang, Feng Chun ^d   Williams, David A ^d   Roberts, Andrew W ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Rac2; T lymphocytes; TH1 TH2

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; OVALBUMIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA CHEMOKINE; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOPHILIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; RAC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROVOCATION TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL;

ACTINS; ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD29; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHEMOKINES, CC; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FIBRONECTINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; ANIMALS; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE;

ANIMALIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0035989343     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2002.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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