Low molecular weight proteins of Cowdria ruminantium (Welgevonden isolate) induce bovine CD4+-enriched T-cells to proliferate and produce interferon-γ

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-273

  Van Kleef, M ^a   Macmillan, H ^a   Gunter, N J ^a   Zweygarth, E ^a   Allsopp, B A ^a   Shkap, V ^b   Du Plessis, D H ^a   Brown, W C ^c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ lymphocytes; Cowdria ruminantium; Cowdriosis; IFN ; Proteins; Short term lymphocyte cultures; Welgevonden isolate

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FRACTIONATION; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM;

EID: 0037154697     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(01)00516-8     Document Type: Article

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