Evidence inconsistent with a negative influence of T helper 2 cells on protection afforded by a dominant T helper 1 response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung infection in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6436-6443

  Jung, Yu Jin ^a   LaCourse, Ronald ^a   Ryan, Lynn ^a   North, Robert J ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; RNA, MESSENGER; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036839673     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6436-6443.2002     Document Type: Article

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