Dendritic cell-derived IL-12p40 homodimer contributes to susceptibility in cutaneous leishmaniasis in BALB/c mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 7251-7258

  Nigg, Axel P ^a   Zahn, Sabine ^a   Rückerl, Dominik ^b   Hölscher, Christoph ^b   Yoshimoto, Takayuki ^c   Ehrchen, Jan M ^d   Wölbing, Florian ^a   Udey, Mark C ^e   Von Stebut, Esther ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 12P80; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34249825479     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.7251     Document Type: Article

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