The protozoan Neospora caninum directly triggers bovine NK cells to produce gamma interferon and to kill infected fibroblasts

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 953-960

  Boysen, Preben ^a   Klevar, Siv ^b   Olsen, Ingrid ^b   Storset, Anne K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKP46; PERFORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBROBLAST; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCCIDIOSIS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FIBROBLASTS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; NEOSPORA;

EID: 31844442365     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.953-960.2006     Document Type: Article

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