CD8β knockout mice mount normal anti-viral CD8+ T cell responses - But why?

International Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-135

  Angelov, Georgi S ^a   Guillaume, Philippe ^a   Luescher, Immanuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cytotoxic T cells; TCRs; Transgenic knockout mice; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

CD8 BETA ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; L SELECTIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8B1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOTOXICITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 59549097738     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn130     Document Type: Article

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