Treatment of neonatal mice with Flt3 ligand leads to changes in dendritic cell subpopulations associated with enhanced IL-12 and IFN-α production

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1849-1860

  Vollstedt, Sabine ^a   O'Keeffe, Meredith ^b   Odermatt, Bernhard ^c   Beat, Ryf ^a   Glanzmann, Bettina ^a   Riesen, Matthias ^a   Shortman, Ken ^b   Suter, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytokine production; DC subpopulations; Flt3 ligand; Neonatal mice

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD8 ANTIGEN; FLT3 LIGAND; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; FLT3 LIGAND PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-12; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 3442877562     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200324443     Document Type: Article

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