Flt3 ligand-treated neonatal mice have increased innate immunity against intracellular pathogens and efficiently control virus infections

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 575-584

  Vollstedt, Sabine ^a   Franchini, Marco ^a   Hefti, Hans P ^a   Odermatt, Bernhard ^a   O'Keeffe, Meredith ^b   Alber, Gottfried ^c   Glanzmann, Bettina ^a   Riesen, Matthias ^a   Ackermann, Mathias ^a   Suter, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; DC; IL; Neonatal immune response; Virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CD11 ANTIGEN; FLT3 LIGAND; IMMUNEX; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 9; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; INTERLEUKIN-12; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SKIN; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037416137     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021900     Document Type: Article

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