Neutralization or absence of the interleukin-23 pathway does not compromise immunity to mycobacterial infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6092-6099

  Chackerian, Alissa A ^a   Chen, Shi Juan ^a   Brodie, Scott J ^c   Mattson, Jeanine D ^b   McClanahan, Terrill K ^b   Kastelein, Robert A ^a   Bowman, Edward P ^a,d  

^a Discovery Research   (United States)

^b Experimental Pathology and Pharmacology   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17A; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 23P19 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P19; PROTEIN P40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-23; INTERLEUKIN-23 SUBUNIT P19; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33750450544     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00621-06     Document Type: Article

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