Cytokine induction in murine macrophages infected with virulent and avirulent Rhodococcus equi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1848-1854

  Giguère, Steeve ^a   Prescott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GENE PRODUCT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 2142664079     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.1848-1854.1998     Document Type: Article

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