Endogenous IFN-γ production is induced and required for protective immunity against pulmonary chlamydial infection in neonatal mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4148-4155

  Jupelli, Madhulika ^a   Guentzel, M Neal ^a   Meier, Patricia A ^b   Zhong, Guangming ^c   Murthy, Ashlesh K ^a   Arulanandam, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL INFILTRATION; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TRACHOMA; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 44849117992     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.6.4148     Document Type: Article

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