IL-12 is dispensable for innate and adaptive immunity against low doses of Listeria monocytogenes

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-332

  Brombacher, Frank ^a   Dorfmüller, Andreas ^a   Magram, Jeanne ^b   Dai, Wen Juan ^a   Köhler, Gabriele ^c   Wunderlin, Andrea ^d   Palmer Lehmann, Kathrin ^d   Gately, Maurice K ^b   Alber, Gottfried ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Infection; T lymphocytes; T(h)1; T(h)2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0344958627     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.3.325     Document Type: Article

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