Effects of the adjuvant cholera toxin on dendritic cells: Stimulatory and inhibitory signals that result in the amplification of immune responses

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 571-575

  Gagliardi, M Cristina ^a   Sallusto, Federica ^b   Marinaro, Mariarosaria ^a   Vendetti, Silvia ^a   Riccomi, Antonella ^a   De Magistris, M Teresa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Cholera toxin; Dendritic cells; Mucosal vaccines; Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036192962     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00169     Document Type: Article

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