IL-12 signaling drives CD8+ T cell IFN-γ production and differentiation of KLRG1+ effector subpopulations during Toxoplasma gondii infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 5935-5945

  Wilson, Douglas C ^a,b   Matthews, Suzanne ^a   Yap, George S ^a,b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; L SELECTIN; LECTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KLGR1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; KLRG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIGASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE TARGETING; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD27; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; L-SELECTIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 44449145582     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.9.5935     Document Type: Article

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