Diverse mechanisms employed by Toxoplasma gondii to inhibit IFN-γ-induced major histocompatibility complex class II gene expression

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1994-2005

  Lang, Christine ^a   Algner, Michaela ^a   Beinert, Nicole ^a   Groß, Uwe ^a   Lüder, Carsten G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

IFN ; Immune evasion; MHC; Parasite host interaction; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; LUCIFERASES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TOXOPLASMA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

MURINAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33748135929     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.02.031     Document Type: Article

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