Lethal pulmonary infection with Francisella novicida causes depletion of αβ T cells from lungs

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Sharma, Jyotika ^a   Li, Qun ^a   Mishra, Bibhuti B ^a   Teale, Judy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Francisella; Respiratory infection; Severe sepsis; T cell depletion; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALPHA BETA T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LOSS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETHALITY; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; TULAREMIA;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA; MUS;

EID: 65049087865     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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