IL-15 is critical for the maintenance and innate functions of self-specific CD8+ T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1784-1793

  Itsumi, Momoe ^a   Yoshikai, Yasunobu ^a   Yamada, Hisakata ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; CD8+ T cells; Cytokines; KO mice; Self non self discrimination

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HY ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENICS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN;

EID: 69249116185     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200839106     Document Type: Article

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