Activation of γδ T cells by Borrelia burgdorferi is indirect via a TLR- and caspase-dependent pathway

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2392-2398

  Collins, Cheryl ^a   Shi, Cuixia ^a   Russell, Jennifer Q ^a   Fortner, Karen A ^a   Budd, Ralph C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CD1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CLONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASPASES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOCYTES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 53149091314     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.4.2392     Document Type: Article

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