CpG oligodeoxynucleotides improve the survival of pregnant and fetal mice following Listeria monocytogenes infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3543-3548

  Ito, Shu Ichi ^a   Ishii, Ken J ^a,b,c   Shirota, Hidekazu ^a   Klinman, Dennis M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 2542620714     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3543-3548.2004     Document Type: Article

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