Regulatory roles of CD1d-restricted NKT cells in the induction of toxic shock-like syndrome in an animal model of fatal ehrlichiosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1434-1444

  Stevenson, H L ^a   Crossley, E C ^a   Thirumalapura, N ^a   Walker, D H ^a   Ismail, N ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD1D ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME B; INTERLEUKIN 10; LIVER ENZYME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CD1 ANTIGEN; FAS PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TOXIC SHOCK LIKE SYNDROME; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEPTIC SHOCK; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GENE DELETION; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SHOCK, SEPTIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 42149129035     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01242-07     Document Type: Article

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