Age-related resistance of C57BL/6 mice to Cryptococcus neoformans is dependent on maturation of NKT cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5175-5180

  Blackstock, Rebecca ^a   Murphy, Juneann W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CNEF ANTIGEN; FREUND ADJUVANT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MATURATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; FUNGAL VACCINES; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNIZATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 4544305625     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.9.5175-5180.2004     Document Type: Article

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