Development of Th1 and not Th2 immune responses in mice lacking IFN-regulatory factor-4

International Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Tominaga, Norio ^a,b   Ohkusu Tsukada, Kozo ^a   Udono, Heiichiro ^a   Abe, Ryo ^d   Matsuyama, Toshifumi ^c   Yui, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a Divisions of Immunology   (Japan)

^b Division of Medical Virology   (Japan)

^c Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

IFN ; Knockout mouse; Leishmania major

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037253846     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxg001     Document Type: Review

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