Removal of regulatory T cell activity reverses hyporesponsiveness and leads to filarial parasite clearance in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4924-4933

  Taylor, Matthew D ^a   LeGoff, Laetitia ^a   Harris, Anjanette ^a   Malone, Eva ^a,b   Allen, Judith E ^a   Maizels, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL MEDIATED LYMPHOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T CELL DEPLETION; THORACIC CAVITY;

EID: 17044421326     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.8.4924     Document Type: Article

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