Interleukin-23 restores immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in IL-12p40-deficient mice and is not required for the development of IL-17-secreting T cell responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 8684-8692

  Wozniak, Teresa M ^a   Ryan, Anthony A ^a   Britton, Warwick J ^a,b  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BCG VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 33845441578     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.12.8684     Document Type: Article

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