T Cell-Intrinsic Expression of c-Rel Regulates Th1 Cell Responses Essential for Resistance to Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3704-3711

  Mason, Nicola J ^a   Liou, Hsiou Chi ^b   Hunter, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 1542619262     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.6.3704     Document Type: Article

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