In vivo clearance of an intracellular bacterium, Francisella tularensis LVS, is dependent on the p40 subunit of interleukin-12 (IL-12) but not on IL-12 p70

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1936-1948

  Elkins, Karen L ^a   Cooper, Allison ^a   Colombini, Susan M ^a   Cowley, Siobhán C ^a   Kieffer, Tara L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DIMER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 23; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN P35; PROTEIN P40; PROTEIN P70; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIMERIZATION; DISEASE MODEL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS LVS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036127059     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.1936-1948.2002     Document Type: Article

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