The study of Mycobacterium leprae infection in interferon-λ gene-disrupted mice as a model to explore the immunopathologic spectrum of leprosy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue , 2002, Pages S1-S8

  Adams, Linda B ^a   Scollard, David M ^a   Ray, Nashone A ^a   Cooper, Andrea M ^b   Frank, Anthony A ^b   Orme, Ian M ^b   Krahenbuhl, James L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTIOCYTE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEPROSY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOT; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEPROSY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0037083232     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338002     Document Type: Article

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