Susceptibility of interleukin-2-deficient mice to Toxoplasma gondii is associated with a defect in the production of gamma interferon

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4757-4761

  Villegas, Eric N ^a   Lieberman, Linda A ^a   Carding, Simon R ^a   Hunter, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; IONOMYCIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036720218     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.4757-4761.2002     Document Type: Article

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