Mycobacteria and dendritic cell differentiation: Escape or control of immunity

Immunology Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-117

  Martino, Angelo ^a   Sacchi, Alessandra ^a   Colizzi, Vittorio ^b   Vendetti, Silvia ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Monocyte differentiation; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE ADHERENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEMORY CELL; MONOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

EID: 27744580128     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2005.06.016     Document Type: Letter

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