An evaluation of the neonatal immune system using a Listeria infection model

Neonatology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Byun, Hyun Jung ^a,b   Jung, Woon Won ^c   Lee, Jong Bae ^b   Chung, Hee Yong ^b   Sul, Donggeun ^d   Kim, Sang Joon ^e   Park, Chung Gyu ^e   Choi, Inho ^f   Hwang, Kwang Woo ^g   Chun, Taehoon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c My Gene Bioscience Institute   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^g Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Listeria infection; Neonate; T helper 1 and T helper 2 imbalance

Indexed keywords

DELTA 4 PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL RATE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547788269     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100806     Document Type: Article

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