Foal monocyte-derived dendritic cells become activated upon Rhodococcus equi infection

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-183

  Flaminio, M Julia B F ^a   Nydam, Daryl V ^a   Marquis, Hélène ^a   Matychak, Mary Beth ^a   Giguère, Steeve ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P35; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ACTIVATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOAL; HORSE DISEASE; MONOCYTE DERIVED DENDRITIC CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD86; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HORSES; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERLEUKIN-12; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 59649121315     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00336-08     Document Type: Article

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