Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in the early innate immune response to Chlamydophila abortus infection in mice

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-57

  Buendia A J ^a   Martinez C M ^a   Ortega, N ^a   Del Rio L ^b   Caro, M R ^a   Gallego, M C ^a   Sanchez J ^a   Navarro, J A ^a   Cuello, F ^a   Salinas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bacterial infection; Chlamydophila abortus; Immunity to C. abortus; NK (natural killer) cells; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GANGLIOTETRAOSYLCERAMIDE POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; LYSINE 49 GLYCINE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RB6 8C5; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLEEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0442279112     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(03)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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