Virulent but not avirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the growth inhibitory action of a T helper 1-dependent, nitric oxide synthase 2-independent defense in mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 991-998

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

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis; NADPH oxidase; NOS2 synthase; Th1 immunity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CROSSES, GENETIC; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037037584     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021186     Document Type: Article

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