The human polysaccharide- and protein-specific immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae is dependent on CD4+ T lymphocytes, CD14+ monocytes, and the CD40-CD40 ligand interaction

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1231-1233

  Moens, Leen ^a   Wuyts, Greet ^a   Boon, Louis ^b   den Hartog, Marcel T ^b   Ceuppens, Jan L ^a   Bossuyt, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PanGenetics BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN A; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIGENS, CD40; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, SCID; MONOCYTES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 57149122696     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.09.006     Document Type: Letter

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