CD8 T cells in old mice contribute to the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis via interleukin-12p70-dependent and antigen-independent production of gamma interferon

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3355-3363

  Vesosky, Bridget ^a   Rottinghaus, Erin K ^a   Davis, Craig ^a   Turner, Joanne ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12P70;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67651235754     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00295-09     Document Type: Article

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