Fundamentals of host immune response against Brucella abortus: What the mouse model has revealed about control of infection

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 367-382

  Baldwin, Cynthia L ^a   Parent, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; Cell mediated immunity; Macrophages; T cells; Th1 immunity

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROTEIN P40; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; HIATUS;

EID: 0037146696     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00222-5     Document Type: Article

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