NK cells and gamma interferon coordinate the formation and function of hepatic granulomas in mice infected with the Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1379-1389

  Bokhari, Sirosh M ^a   Kim, Kee Jun ^a   Pinson, David M ^a   Slusser, Joyce ^a   Yen, Hung Wen ^a   Parmely, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CASPASE 3; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIVE VACCINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL VACCINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TULAREMIA; ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CELL DEATH; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GRANULOMA; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; TULAREMIA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 42149137517     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00745-07     Document Type: Article

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