NK T cell activation promotes Chlamydia trachomatis infection in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3197-3206

  Bilenki, Laura ^a   Wang, Shuhe ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Fan, Yijun ^a   Joyee, Antony George ^a   Yang, Xi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH2 CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 23844532518     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.5.3197     Document Type: Article

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